After the UN ceasefire resolution, Israeli strikes on Gaza have not stopped

The Israeli Air Force continued to bombard the Gaza Strip with strikes on Wednesday, and Hamas fighters continued their attacks on Israeli soldiers, a further indication that A United Nations Security Council resolution this week calling for a ceasefire failed to convince both sides, with attempts at an agreement appearing to fail.

In the two days since the adoption of the UN resolution on Monday, the Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, said it continued to carry out attacks against Israeli soldiers . The Israeli military said Wednesday that warplanes struck dozens of targets the day before, including tunnels, military compounds and militants.

Israel was frank in his condemnation of the attack. Security Council resolution, which called for a ceasefire for the remaining weeks of Ramadan that would lead to a "sustainable and lasting" end to the fighting and the unconditional release of all hostages held by militants in Gaza. The United States, which had vetoed previous attempts, abstained, allowing the resolution to pass.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , met Wednesday in Jerusalem with Senator Rick Scott, Republican of Florida, and continued to express his defiance of the American decision. He argued, according to a statement from his office, that this encouraged "Hamas to take a hard line and believe that international pressure will prevent Israel from freeing the hostages and destroying Hamas." »

Israel and Hamas appear no closer to negotiating an end to the fighting, with significant differences remaining between them.

On Wednesday, three Palestinian human rights groups said there had been an intensification of Israeli bombing of Rafah over the previous 72 hours, killing dozens of people. Hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans have found refuge there. Some of the strikes described by the groups took place after the adoption of the Security Council resolution, while several others took place before.

Gaza authorities reported Wednesday that civil defense teams had withdrawn the Palestinians. rubble after strikes in the northern Gaza neighborhood of Jabaliya, although the timing was unclear.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that its teams had recovered the bodies of two people killed by artillery fire in the Nuseirat neighborhood.

The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reports.

Wednesday afternoon, Hamas said it had struck a soldier in the area surrounding Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City with sniper fire, after saying on Tuesday that he had targeted two Israeli tanks in the Khan Younis area, and an armored personnel carrier and a soldier on the north-south coastal road.

Since early last week, Israeli forces have attacked Al-Shifa in what the army sees as an effort to suppress Hamas. Humanitarian organizations have expressed concern about the situation in the medical facility which, as in the surrounding area, was housing thousands of people.

Over the past 48 hours , the Qassam Brigades have also released videos purporting to show militants firing at Israeli forces, but it is unclear exactly when these videos were taken.