An official from the Israel Defense Forces told NBC News that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for strikes in retaliation for a Hamas attack in Rafah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate “powerful” strikes in Gaza. Earlier on Tuesday, military officials said troops came under fire in the southern city of Rafah and returned fire.

Israel has strengthened its security with a series of sweeping military victories in the past two years. It has also become far more isolated internationally, with no clear path ahead.

An August Harvard-Harris poll found that 60% of Gen Z voters, ages 18-24, expressed more support for Hamas than for Israel in the Gaza conflict. Older age demographics each supported Israel at far greater rates than Hamas.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would determine which foreign forces it would allow as part of a planned international force in Gaza to help secure a fragile ceasefire. Meanwhile,

The Israeli army launched a barrage of attacks in Gaza on Tuesday as tensions with Hamas grew two weeks into a fragile ceasefire, and the militant group responded by saying it would delay handing over the body of a hostage.

Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his military to immediately carry out strikes in Gaza on Tuesday - reports suggest at least nine people were killed in the bombing

Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas reports on how the Israel–Hamas war and rising anti-Israel sentiment are shaping the Jewish vote in New Jersey’s governor race on ‘America Reports.’