By Admin 
Israel launched a major air attack on Gaza City on Thursday (9 October) night. The attack took place when Israel’s cabinet was meeting to vote on US President Donald Trump’s ‘Gaza Peace Plan’, which aims to permanently end the Gaza war.
According to American media CNN, the security agency controlled by Hamas said that due to this attack in Sabra area of Gaza City, a multi-storey building collapsed, due to which about 40 people were buried under the debris. The Israeli Army (IDF) confirmed the attack and said that the target was Hamas terrorists.
IDF statement- ‘Attack on Hamas hideout’
Gaza’s Civil Defense Agency said that four bodies have been recovered so far, while dozens of people are still trapped under the debris. Meanwhile, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital, informed that 30 Palestinians have been killed since Wednesday evening. According to the IDF statement, “We targeted Hamas terrorists who were located close to Israeli soldiers and posed an immediate threat to them.”
According to AFP, a team of about 200 American soldiers will be deployed to monitor the ceasefire in Gaza. This step has been taken to make the recent ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas successful and to assist in the release process of hostages.
Trump announced ceasefire agreement
Just hours before the attack, US President Donald Trump had announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed on the first phase of ceasefire. According to him, “As soon as the Israeli government approves this agreement, the war will end immediately.” Trump said that this agreement will also pave the way for the release of the hostages and expressed hope that all the hostages will be released in 1-2 days.
What did Trump say?
President Trump described this agreement as a historic and important step, which will bring major progress towards ending the two-year-long conflict. He said that this agreement is the first phase of his 20-point peace plan, under which Hamas will release all the hostages and Israel will withdraw its forces to the agreed limit.
Prime Minister Modi spoke to Netanyahu
Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During this, Prime Minister Modi congratulated Netanyahu on the agreement to release all the hostages.
A tweet issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said, “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Modi expressed his good wishes to Prime Minister Netanyahu on the agreement for the release of all hostages.”