Israeli military killed five Hamas officials, PM's office says

Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said that the Israeli forces killed five Hamas officials. 

"Hamas violated the ceasefire agreement again today, and we responded by killing 5 officials from the movement," the office said in a statement. 

"Hamas has violated the ceasefire once again by sending an armed man into the territory we control to attack our soldiers," it said. 

Hamas has accused Tel Aviv of violating the ceasefire and killing hundreds of Palestinians under “fabricated pretexts”.

Israel has committed numerous violations of the ceasefire agreement in the besieged enclave. 

The Palestinian health ministry reported that 318 people have been killed in Israeli aggression since the truce came into effect last month.