Why Israel has restarted the war with Hamas

After just two months of a shaky ceasefire deal, the Israel Hamas
war has restarted. On Tuesday morning, Israel launched a series
of what it described as "extensive strikes" right across the
entire Gaza Strip.


The death toll currently stands at more than 400, including many
children, with nearly 600 more people wounded, according to the
Hamas-run health ministry. That number is expected to rise
as more bodies are pulled from the rubble.  A
spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry said this morning
that Israel was left with no choice after Hamas refused a
US-Israeli proposal to extend the ceasefire, which technically
elapsed at the beginning of this month.


To make sense of all this, Venetia Rainey speaks to a Palestinian
aid worker for MSF in Gaza, the cousin of Israeli slain hostage
Tal Haimi, whose body is still held by Hamas, and The Telegraph's
Jerusalem correspondent Henry Bodkin.


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