Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision comes just weeks after US President Donald Trump announced the truce between Israel and Hamas. Image: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg

Netanyahu tells military to strike Gaza, jeopardising ceasefire

Reportedly after ‘security consultations’.

28 Oct 2025, 17:27 by Galit Altstein, Bloomberg · Moneyweb

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the military to immediately carry out “powerful attacks” in Gaza, throwing into doubt a US-brokered ceasefire that’s held for just over two weeks.

The order came after “security consultations,” the prime minister’s office said on Tuesday in a post on X, without providing further detail.

The decision to send the military back into action in Gaza jeopardises a truce between Israel and Hamas announced with much fanfare by US President Donald Trump in mid-October.

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That deal saw Hamas return the last living hostages taken during the October 2023 attacks that triggered the two-year conflict.

Israel’s shekel touched session lows, falling as much as 0.4% against the dollar on the news.

Hamas said the group will postpone the handing over of the body of a dead Israeli hostage due to Israeli violations.

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