Israel has launched a massive wave of air strikes on Gaza, killing hundreds of people and breaking the two-month fragile ceasefire with Hamas.
Tuesday’s attack, which took place through Gaza, was the most intense since the ceasefire entered into force on January 19, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reporting at least 404 people killed and 562 injured.
Here’s how the world reacts to deadly attacks:
Hamas
Hamas, which governs Gaza, said that it considered Israel’s attacks as a unilateral cancellation of the ceasefire that started on January 19.
“Netanyahu and her extremist government decide to overthrow the cease-fire agreement, exposing prisoners to Gaza to an unknown spell,” Hamas said in a statement.
Later, the head of Hamas, Izzat Al Risheq, said in a statement that “Netanyahu’s decision to resume war” was “a decision to sacrifice the prisoners of the occupation and to inflict a death sentence”.
Israel
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation was open and should develop.
“Now, Israel will act against Hamas with increasing military force,” he said, adding that the operation had been ordered after “Hamas’ repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as his rejection of all the proposals he received from the American president Steve Witkoff and the mediators.”
Defense Minister Israel Katz said, “We will not stop fighting until the hostages have returned home and all of our war objectives are not achieved.”
The United States
The white house press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that “Trump administration and the White House” had been consulted by Israel during the attacks.
“As President Trump clearly said, Hamas, Houthis, Iran, all those who seek to terrorize not only Israel, but also the United States of America, will see a price to pay-all hell will stand out,” she said.
Families of Israeli captives
The Smarting and Smart Families Forum, which represents families of captives detained in Gaza, said in an article on X that the Israeli government’s decision to attack showed that he had chosen to “abandon the hostages”.
“We are shocked, angry and terrified by the deliberate dismantling of the process to make our relatives of the terrible captivity of Hamas,” said the group. He asked the government why he “fell from the ceasefire agreement” with Hamas.
Yemen Houthis Group
The Houthi rebels of Yemen promised an escalation in support of the Palestinians in a context of increasing hostilities with the United States.
“We condemn the resumption of the aggression of the Zionist enemy against the Gaza Strip,” the Supreme Houthi political council said in a statement. “The Palestinian people will not be left alone in this battle, and Yemen will continue their support and help, and increase the stages of the confrontation.”
Palestinian Islamic jihad
The armed group of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) accused Israel of “deliberately sabotage all efforts to reach a cease-fire”.
China
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said Beijing was “very concerned” by the situation, calling on the parties to “avoid any actions that could lead to climbing the situation and prevent a humanitarian disaster on a larger scale”.
Russia
The Kremlin warned against a “climbing spiral” following the strikes of Israel.
“Above all, which is concerned of course, major victims among the civilian population,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. “We are monitoring the situation very closely and, of course, we are waiting for him to return to a peaceful course.”
The Netherlands
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Casper Veldkamp, said on X that “all hostilities should end definitively”.
“The Netherlands call on all parties to respect the terms of the ceasefire of Gaza and hostage. All civilians must be protected,” he said. “We urge all the parties to implement it in whole: the remaining hostages must be released, humanitarian aid must reach those who need it.”
Norway
The Minister of Pime Jonas Gahr Store said that Israeli strikes were “a great tragedy” for the people of Gaza. “They are almost without protection.
Swiss
“Switzerland provides for an immediate return to the ceasefire, the release of all hostages and the without hindrance of humanitarian aid,” wrote the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on X.
The United Nations
The High Commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights, Volker Turk, expressed his horror on Israeli intense strikes.
“This will add tragedy to tragedy,” he said in a statement. The use of Israel has even more military force “would only put themselves in misery on a Palestinian population who already suffers from catastrophic conditions”.
The Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Cair, a Muslim civil rights and defense of Muslims based in Washington DC, said in a statement that he had condemned the government of Netanyahu “to resume his horrible and genocidal attacks against the men, women and children of Gaza, killing hundreds of civilians in a few hours”.
“Netanyahu clearly prefers to massacre Palestinian children in refugee camps to risk the disintegration of his cabinet by exchanging all those held by both sides and by definitively putting the genocidal war, as required by the cease-fire agreement that President Trump helped the broker and he must save,” said the organization.
Egypt
Egypt, which acts as a mediator alongside Qatar and the United States, called Israel’s air strikes a “flagrant violation” of the agreement.
Strikes are a “dangerous escalation that threatens to have given serious consequences for the stability of the region,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Türkiye
Turkey said the attacks are equivalent to a “new phase of its genocide policy” against the Palestinians.
In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry added that it was unacceptable for Israel to provoke a “new cycle of violence” in the region, adding that “the hostile approach” of the Israeli government has threatened the future of the Middle East.
Australia
“There have already been enormous suffering there (in Gaza), which is why we call on all parties to respect the cease-fire and hostage agreement that has been set up,” said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
“We will continue to make representations.