Israel carried out a fierce air strike on the Gaza Strip for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, in which 14 Palestinians have died so far. Earlier, on Tuesday, Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas, in which more than 400 people were killed and more than 500 were injured. The attack is considered to be Israel’s biggest military action in Gaza after the ceasefire implemented in January.

Did Netanyahu break the ceasefire?

This new attack made it clear that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has retreated from the ceasefire. In January, he agreed to the ceasefire under the pressure of the release of the hostages, but inside he was always confused whether the war against Hamas should be stopped or not.

Now that Hamas stopped the release of the hostages, Netanyahu started the attack on the Gaza Patti by making it an excuse. But is it done just to teach Hamas a lesson, or is there any political move behind it?

Dual pressure on Netanyahu

Netanyahu is facing pressure from two contradictory groups:

Pressure of the families of the hostages: They want Netanyahu to rescue all the hostages by compromising with Hamas.
Pressure of right -wing coalition partners: They are in favor of continuing war and eliminating Hamas completely.

Senior Hamas officer Tahir al-Nono has said that Hamas is ready for talks despite the bombing. But Hamas also believes that when a signed agreement already exists, there is no need for a new agreement.

Donald Trump’s strategy and America’s revenge stance

Netanyahu’s decision has been supported by US President Donald Trump. The Trump administration justified the Israeli aerial attack action, while before that Trump had taken credit for the mediation of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

But why did Trump suddenly changed his stand?
His plan to settle the people of Gaza in African countries is being told behind this, which has not been completed yet.

Now both Israel and America are blaming Hamas for thwarting a ceasefire.

• Israel alleges that Hamas was preparing for new attacks by stopping the release of the hostages.
• However, Israel has not yet presented any concrete evidence.
• On the other hand, Hamas has denied these allegations.

What was the ceasefire agreement?

The ceasefire agreement was signed in January 2025, in which it was agreed between the US and Israel that:

In the first phase, Hamas will release 25 Israeli hostages in exchange for 1,800 Palestinian prisoners.
During this time, the Israeli army will withdraw from the buffer zone, so that millions of Palestinians will be able to return to their homes.
Gaza also agreed to increase humanitarian aid.

The ceasefire was to continue till 1 March 2025 under this scheme. But in its second phase, the release of the hostages slowed down, after which Netanyahu started attacking again.

Why did Netanyahu decide to back down from the ceasefire?

Now the biggest question is that when the release process of hostages was going on, why suddenly Netanyahu waged a war?

The main reason:
Netanyahu feared that if he agreed to a permanent ceasefire, his power could be in danger.

Was Netanyahu’s chair in danger?

• His right -wing aide Bezel Smotrich had threatened that if Netanyahu moves towards the next stage of the ceasefire, he would be out of the alliance.
• Had this happened, premature elections could have been held in Israel.
• Netanyahu was more likely to defeat when elections were held, because the public is increasing anger against him.

Netanyahu’s political stakes: maintaining right -wing alliance

According to the recent survey, 75% of Israeli are demanding resignation from Netanyahu.
Fearing losing public support, Netanyahu started attacking again to save his power with the help of right -wing alliance.

This move of Netanyahu gave him two benefits:
He withdrew the support of right -wing leaders like Smotrich.
Former coalition partner Itar Ben-Gwir also returned to the government again.

In this way, Netanyahu found a new way to keep himself in power by continuing the war.