Israeli strikes on Hamas amount to 'death sentence' for remaining hostages, terror group says

A elder Hamas authoritative is informing that Israel’s determination to resume the warfare against the panic radical aft ceasefire talks stalled is simply a "death sentence" for the remaining hostages, according to The Associated Press.

That could see the past surviving American hostage, Edan Alexander, who was calved successful Tel Aviv and raised successful New Jersey. A radical of hostage household members expressed outrage astatine Israel's decision.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Israel "chose to springiness up connected the hostages" by resuming the war. The enactment called for protests connected Tuesday pursuing the airstrikes, saying that "military unit could further endanger their lives and complicate efforts to bring them location safely."

There are inactive 59 hostages successful Gaza, but Israel believes lone 24 of those who stay are alive. The ceasefire was meant to beryllium carried retired successful 2 phases. However, talks connected signifier two, which would person meant an extremity to the warfare and the merchandise of the remaining hostages, person stalled.

CEASEFIRE OVER AS ISRAEL STRIKES GAZA AFTER HAMAS REFUSED TO RELEASE HOSTAGES, OFFICIALS SAY

Palestinians inspect the tract of an Israeli onslaught connected a residential gathering successful Deir al-Balah successful the cardinal Gaza Strip connected March 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Ramadan Abed)

The Israeli airstrikes near much than 400 Palestinians, including women and children, dead, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. Fox News cannot independently corroborate the decease toll enactment retired by the ministry controlled by a panic organization.

"The ER was conscionable chaos, patients everywhere, connected the floor," Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan, a unpaid with Medical Aid for Palestinians based astatine Nasser Hospital, told the AP. She seemingly treated aggregate patients who died successful the exigency room.

This marks the extremity of a astir two-month-long ceasefire, which saw the merchandise of aggregate hostages. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced connected Twitter that the Jewish authorities was carrying retired "extensive strikes connected panic targets" successful Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, with Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF main Eyal Zamir and different information officials clasp a information appraisal astatine the Kirya successful Tel Aviv.

The IDF said connected Tuesday that its targets belonged to some Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and included motorboat posts, weapons stockpiles and subject infrastructure.

Egypt reportedly called connected each parties to amusement restraint and enactment towards a semipermanent ceasefire, according to Reuters.

HAMAS SAYS AMERICAN-ISRAELI HOSTAGE WILL ONLY BE FREED IF CEASEFIRE IS IMPLEMENTED

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with information officials astatine the Kirya, Israel’s mentation of the Pentagon, connected Tuesday pursuing the airstrikes. 

"Israel will, from present on, enactment against Hamas with expanding subject strength," according to Netanyahu’s bureau wrote successful a bid of posts connected X arsenic the airstrikes commenced.

A kid sits amid rubble arsenic Palestinians inspect the tract of an Israeli onslaught connected a location successful Khan Younis successful the confederate Gaza Strip connected March 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)

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Palestinians were ordered by Israel to evacuate eastbound Gaza, signaling the IDF could resume its crushed operations successful the Strip, according to The Associated Press.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk's bureau called the airstrikes "horrifying," saying "this nightmare indispensable extremity immediately."

"It is clip for the countries of the satellite to instrumentality earnestly our unwavering committedness to instrumentality each our hostages location and decision the enemy," Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon said successful a statement. "Let maine beryllium clear: Nothing volition halt america from warring to escaped our hostages who person been held successful brutal Hamas captivity for 527 days."

Fox News' Trey Yingst, Louis Casiano, Landon Mion and The Associated Press contributed to this report.