Israel announced it has begun "reinforcing" the ceasefire in Gaza hours after conducting deadly strikes in the city of Rafah. The attacks mark the first airstrikes Israel have launched since a US-brokered truce came into force late last week.

Maj. Yaniv Kula and St. -Sgt. Itay Yavetz fell in the southern Gaza Strip, and a third soldier was injured in the same incident.

The Israeli military said a ceasefire in Gaza had resumed after an attack killed two of its soldiers and prompted airstrikes that Palestinians said killed 26 people.

The reopening of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, part of US President Donald Trump's plan for the Palestinian territory, remains on hold despite calls from the UN and aid groups.

"Its reopening will be considered based on how Hamas fulfills its part in returning the hostages’ remains and implementing the agreed-upon framework," the Prime Minister's Office explained. Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt will not be reopened on Monday,

Palestinians and aid workers are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is the Gaza Strip’s lifeline for food and other aid and its only gateway to the outside world that wasn’t controlled by Israel before the war.

An Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory is halted "until further notice," the first major test of the ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he would give Hamas a "little chance" to honor the Gaza truce deal with Israel but warned the group would be "eradicated" if it fails to do so.   "We made a deal with Hamas that they're going to be very good,

The statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said reopening Rafah would depend on how Hamas fulfills its ceasefire role of returning the remains of all 28 dead hostages.

Since the ceasefire came into effect, Israel has killed at least 97 Palestinians while violating the agreement 80 times. Israel launched a series of deadly airstrikes across the Gaza

Hamas breaches the Gaza ceasefire, ambushing an IDF tank in Rafah and killing two Israeli soldiers, just days after President Trump signed the ceasefire deal. The attack undermines U.S. warnings and exposes the fragility of the agreement,

Israeli media have reported that the IDF has launched multiple attacks in the southern Gazan city of Rafah after reports of armed skirmishes between Hamas fighters and Israeli soldiers.View on euronew