Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israel Defense Forces to strike Hamas in Gaza following an attack on IDF forces in southern Gaza and after saying it returned the wrong remains.
Netanyahu ordered "immediate and powerful" strikes in the Gaza Strip due to repeated cease-fire violations by Hamas, The Times of Israel reported.
He made the decision after Hamas attacked IDF troops in southern Gaza and after learning that remains returned on Monday were not of the person Hamas claimed they were.
Israel is awaiting the return of the bodies of 13 hostages who died while in captivity in Gaza, but the latest remains were from a body that Hamas returned to Israel two years ago, according to CNN.
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