ALBAWABA - According to Sky News Arabia, Israel returned an assistance cargo to the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on Sunday, claiming it did not meet technical requirements.
Despite an ongoing truce deal between Israel and Hamas that allows for the exchange of detainees and the delivery of humanitarian assistance into Gaza, this action was taken.
Since recent events suggest that the tenuous truce may be disrupted, the decision to return the cargo raises fears about rising tensions. A car on the beachfront route west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza was the target of an Israeli bombing earlier, according to Reuters, injuring four Palestinians. Medical personnel first claimed that a youngster had died, but they subsequently verified that they had successfully revived him.
Later, the Israeli military claimed in a statement that its planes had shot down a "suspicious vehicle" heading north from central Gaza. According to the statement, the car violated security procedures by not going through the approved inspection checkpoint. The army reaffirmed its caution to Gazans to follow military orders and stay away from Israeli soldiers positioned there.
According to a senior political source cited by Israel Hayom, Israel is getting ready for the prospect of resuming military operations in the event that the current talks go down. According to the source, the Israeli military is thinking of adopting a more aggressive approach, implying a move away from earlier limited-scale attacks and toward more intense combat operations.
