Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani blamed a “Palestinian party” for a ceasefire violation, referring to the reported killing of an Israeli soldier in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Tuesday.

The PM told interviewer Ayman Mohyeldin yesterday at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York that the attack on the Israeli soldiers was “basically a violation by the Palestinian party,” noting that although Hamas has released a statement claiming they are not in contact with this group, there is no “verification if this is true or not.”

But it’s crucial to remember that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “powerful” reprisal strikes on Gaza after the soldier was attacked.

According to Al Jazeera, which cited Gaza’s Health Ministry, 104 individuals were killed in the attacks, most of whom were women and children. Israel said it would resume following the ceasefire in the middle of Wednesday after claiming its attacks killed dozens of senior Hamas fighters.