Israel accused Hamas on Wednesday of violating the Gaza cease-fire by refusing to disarms and warned it would respond after an Israeli officer was wounded in an explosion in Rafah, while Hamas denied carrying out an attack.
In a speech at a graduation ceremony for Air Force pilots, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned the attack in Rafah, part of Gaza where Israeli forces still operate, and said Hamas had made clear it had no plan to disarm as foreseen under the October truce deal.
"Israel will respond accordingly," he said.
The Israeli military earlier said that an explosive device had detonated against a military vehicle in the Rafah area and that one officer had been lightly injured.
Hamas denied responsibility. The blast was "caused by bombs left behind by the enemy that had not exploded previously, and we have informed the mediators of this," said Hamas official Mahmoud Merdawi in an X post.
