Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the campaign in Gaza was not over despite the truce



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Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, he warned on Monday that the campaign on Gaza is not over despite the tacit truce who returned serene after two days of violence among the dead 25 Palestinians and four Israelis.

"For the last two days, we have beaten Hamas and Islamic Jihad with force, attacking more than 350 targets, their leaders and terrorist agents, and destroying terrorist buildings," Netanyahu said.

Rocket fire from Gaza -690 in less than two days- They ended around 2.30 local time and until then, retaliatory bombings took place in the enclave.

Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations have attempted to resume the agreement reached between Israel – which has not yet officially recognized it – and the Gaza militias, led by the Islamist Hamas movement.

The agreement "calm for calm" gave way in November to the indirect discussions between the two parties move towards a long-term pact that includes the relief of the Israeli blockadebut since then there have been two outbreaks of violence.

The last of this weekend, although Israel has extended some areas of the fishing area in April to 15 miles, which helped to improve Gazatí's fishing sector, punished by Israeli restrictions on the sea.

In addition, the entrance of more raw materials and Qatari money was allowed to pay the fuel and payments of Palestinian officials in the enclave, which seemed to be a gradual implementation of the agreement.

The situation became tense again last Tuesday when a rocket landed in the Mediterranean and Israel again reduced the fishing area and during protests last Friday at the border, an Islamic Jihad militant fired on two Israeli soldiers, injuring one of them.

Israeli warplanes bombed targets of Islamist movements killing two militants and on Saturday morning launched a mbadive rocket launch from the enclave.

For the first since 2014, the rockets killed four Israeli civilians.

In Gaza, the rescue today of a couple's body under the rubble of a building increased the death toll to 25, of whom at least 12 were militiamen, plus two pregnant women and two other minors.

Some of the Israeli opposition has criticized today what it sees as a new ceasefire with Hamas and a breakthrough in the agreement, but Netanyahu said this morning that "the campaign requires patience and sagacity".

"We are ready to continue, the goal has been and remains to guarantee the peace and security of the people of the south", the head of government concluded in a statement.

(With information from EFE)

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