Hamas Breaks Ceasefire, Attacks Israeli Troops, Israel Strikes Back

Hamas violated the ceasefire agreement, launching an RPG and sniper attack on Israeli forces inside Gaza – as a result, Israel struck back.

Savages can always be relied upon to be incapable of peace.

Of course Hamas waited until evacuated Gazans had returned in order to provide human shields for these monsters.

Photo: Israeli tanks are stationed near Gaza. Military vehicles are gathered near the Israel-Gaza border, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in southern Israel on Oct. 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Israel’s military launched airstrikes in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Sunday following Hamas militants’ missile and gunfire attacks on IDF troops beyond a designated line, violating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began earlier this month. The U.S. State Department had warned hours earlier of an imminent Hamas attack on Palestinian civilians, notifying mediators Egypt and Qatar, while Hamas denied the claims.

IDF confirms Hamas violation of ceasefire, strikes in Rafah

The Palestinian terrorist organization reportedly fired an anti-tank missile at Israeli military engineering vehicles operating in the area earlier on Sunday.

By: Amichai Stein, Jerusalem Post, October 19, 2025:

The IDF confirmed on Sunday that it conducted strikes against Hamas in Rafah after the terror group fired an anti-tank missile and gunfire toward Israeli soldiers.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to hold a situational assessment with Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir to discuss the nature of Israel’s response to the reported attack.

The IDF did not immediately confirm these reports.

A senior Hamas official accused Netanyahu of undermining the ceasefire agreement under pressure from his right-wing coalition partners.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called on Netanyahu to “order the IDF to fully resume fighting in the Gaza Strip at full strength” shortly after reports of the Israeli strike in Rafah surfaced. “The Nazi terrorist organization must be completely destroyed – and preferably as soon as possible.”

In addition, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich simply posted “War!” on X/Twitter.
US warns of imminent Hamas ceasefire violation
This development comes after the US State Department said on Saturday night it had informed the nations guaranteeing the Gaza ceasefire agreement of “credible reports” indicating “an imminent ceasefire violation by Hamas against the people of Gaza.

“This planned attack against Palestinian civilians would constitute a direct and grave violation of the ceasefire agreement,” the department said.

Hamas rejected the warning on Sunday morning, claiming it was “fully aligned with Israel’s misleading propaganda. Since the ceasefire took hold, Hamas has killed at least 32 people in a wave of killings meant to target anti-Hamas clans that had surged in the Strip.