Israel launches deadly strikes on Gaza as Qatar fears for truce

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : "Israel made the decision independently to conduct these air strikes and did not ask for permission to protect ourselves and our people.
39% : 'Nothing has really changed' Israel has carried out repeated strikes during the ceasefire, resulting in the death of more than 312 Palestinians, according to the health ministry in Gaza.
38% : "This violation requires serious and effective action from the mediators to pressure (Israel) to stop these violations and uphold the ceasefire agreement," Hazem Qassem, a spokesman for the Islamist movement, told AFP in Gaza City.
36% : " An American official told AFP that "the US was notified in advance" of the strikes by Israel. UN chief Antonio Guterres's spokesman urged all sides to ensure that the ceasefire holds, and called for civilians to be spared from harm.
35% : The new strikes came the morning after one of the deadliest days in the Gaza Strip since the truce began on 10 October, and after Israel launched a series of attacks targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon despite the nearly year-long ceasefire there.
33% : Gaza health authorities said fresh Israeli air strikes killed five people on Thursday, as ceasefire mediator Qatar warned the renewed attacks threatened to undermine the fragile weeks-long truce between Israel and Hamas.
33% : Qatar, a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, condemned the latest air strikes as "a dangerous escalation that threatens to undermine the ceasefire agreement".
25% : Hamas appeals to mediators Hamas urged US President Donald Trump - who helped broker the ceasefire - and other international mediators to put pressure on Israel to stop its attacks.
17% : Israel's military assault on Gaza has killed at least 69,546 people, in acts labelled as a genocide by the UN, experts and several human rights groups.

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