JERUSALEM/CAIRO >> Israeli planes launched strikes in Gaza today after Israel accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, the latest test of a fragile deal brokered earlier this month by President Donald Trump.

Local health authorities said the strikes killed at least 17 people, including four in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood and five in a car in Khan Younis.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strikes, the latest violence in a three-week-old ceasefire and which followed a statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office saying he had ordered immediate “powerful attacks.”

The statement did not give a specific reason for the attacks, but an Israeli military official said Hamas had violated the ceasefire by carrying o

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