Israeli strikes kill 18 in Gaza, minister says no deal to halt attacks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : "The most important concern for Israel is that nothing can happen before Hamas completely and truly disarms ...," Doron Spielman, a spokesperson for the Israeli prime minister's office, said.
43% : Dahlan said contacts with the US were continuing to ensure the agreement was fully implemented, adding that its success now depended on Israel fully ending its daily attacks on Gaza. Reuters has reached out to the US State Department for comment on Dahlan's remarks.
38% : Later on Sunday, a spokesperson for Netanyahu's office told Reuters that Israel expressed concerns to the US on the disarmament plan.
35% : Hamas has said Israel must stop its attacks in Gaza and pull its troops back, in accordance with other key terms of the ceasefire deal, before it will agree to hand over weapons to a new Palestinian body named to run Gaza.
35% : A senior Hamas official said on Sunday the group had demonstrated "considerable flexibility", but accused Israel of wanting to impose a de facto situation on the ground by intensifying its strikes.
33% : There was no immediate comment from Israel.
29% : Cohen told Israel's Army Radio there had been no deal to halt attacks on Gaza and that he saw a need for Israel, which already controls 70 percent of the enclave, to take full control of it if Hamas did not disarm.
17% : * Attacks continue despite Trump's hailing of breakthrough * Strikes killed two couples and children, medics say * Israel says Hamas commanders were targeted Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least 18 Palestinians, medics said, despite US President Donald Trump's announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year's ceasefire agreement.

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