{"id":469016,"date":"2025-12-24T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/469016\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T14:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:51:12","slug":"a-blast-in-gaza-wounds-a-soldier-and-israel-accuses-hamas-of-ceasefire-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/469016\/","title":{"rendered":"A blast in Gaza wounds a soldier and Israel accuses Hamas of ceasefire violation"},"content":{"rendered":"

JERUSALEM (AP) \u2014 An explosive device detonated in Gaza<\/a> on Wednesday, injuring one Israeli soldier and prompting Israel to accuse Hamas of violating the U.S.-backed ceasefire. It was the latest incident to threaten the tenuous truce that has held since Oct. 10 as each side accuses the other of violations.<\/p>\n

The blast came as Hamas met with Turkish officials in Ankara to discuss the second stage of the ceasefire. Though the agreement has mostly held, its progress has slowed.<\/p>\n

All but one of the 251 hostages<\/a> taken in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that sparked the war have been released, alive or dead<\/a>, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and detainees. The ceasefire\u2019s second phase has even bigger challenges: the deployment of an international stabilization force, a technocratic governing body for Gaza, the disarmament of Hamas and further Israeli troop withdrawals from the territory.<\/p>\n

Israel vows to \u2018respond accordingly\u2019<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military said the explosive detonated beneath a military vehicle as soldiers were \u201cdismantling\u201d militant infrastructure in the southern city of Rafah. The lightly injured soldier was taken to a hospital, the military said.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement called the incident a violation of the ceasefire and said Israel would \u201crespond accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel previously launched strikes in Gaza in response to alleged ceasefire violations. On Oct. 19, Israel said two soldiers were killed by Hamas fire and it responded with a series of strikes that killed over 40 Palestinians, according to local health officials.<\/p>\n

Hamas accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire by not allowing enough aid into the territory<\/a> and continuing to strike civilians. Palestinian health officials say over 370 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the truce.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line in northern Gaza, killing at least five Palestinians, including a baby, according to a local hospital that received the casualties.<\/p>\n

Turkish officials meet with Hamas<\/p>\n

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Haya to discuss the ceasefire\u2019s second phase, according to ministry officials.<\/p>\n

Fidan reaffirmed Turkey\u2019s efforts to defend the rights of Palestinians and outlined ongoing efforts to address shelter and other humanitarian needs in Gaza, the officials said.<\/p>\n

The Hamas delegation said they had fulfilled the ceasefire\u2019s conditions but that Israel\u2019s continued attacks were blocking progress toward the next stage. They also asserted that 60% of the trucks allowed into Gaza were carrying commercial goods rather than aid.<\/p>\n

According to the officials, the meeting also discussed reconciliation efforts between the Palestinian factions and the situation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank<\/a>, stressing that Israel\u2019s actions there were \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Find more of AP\u2019s Israel-Hamas coverage at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JERUSALEM (AP) \u2014 An explosive device detonated in Gaza on Wednesday, injuring one Israeli soldier and prompting Israel…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":469017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[97,372,4219,4526,57,104044,4527,6604,99,3462,373,91870,3463,50,365,96,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-469016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-2024-2025-mideast-wars","9":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-gaza-strip","12":"tag-general-news","13":"tag-hakan-fidan","14":"tag-hamas","15":"tag-international-news","16":"tag-israel","17":"tag-israel-government","18":"tag-israel-hamas-war","19":"tag-khalil-al-haya","20":"tag-mideast-wars","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-religion","23":"tag-war-and-unrest","24":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115775110326461002","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}