Why has Israel gone back to war?
Benjamin Netanyahu says 鈥渃ombat in full force鈥 has resumed against Hamas.
On Tuesday night, Israel鈥檚 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that combat against Hamas in Gaza had resumed in full force.
This followed several hours of early morning air strikes targeting Gaza, which killed more than 400 people, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, making it one of the deadliest days of the conflict so far.
Jonny Dymond speaks to the 大象传媒鈥檚 Jon Donnison, who witnessed the strikes from the Israeli border town of Sderot. He helps us to understand this latest escalation and why Israel has decided to return to war.
Producers: Richard Moran, Mhairi MacKenzie and Tom Kavanagh
Assistant editors: Richard Fenton-Smith and Sergi Forcada Freixas
Senior news editor: China Collins
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