Today in Gaza, the latest test of a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered what he called powerful strikes in Gaza after Israel

said Hamas shot at Israeli soldiers in the south of the territory.

Nick Schiffrin is here following all of this with the latest.

So Nick, bring us up to speed.

Israel is striking Gaza and Palestinians in Gaza are reporting heavy airstrikes and tank fire.

And as you said, Israel says it's in response to an incident in southern Gaza near Rafa

where Hamas fighters use sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades to target Israeli troops inside the yellow line.

That is where Israel is deployed inside Gaza.

An Israeli official tells me tonight that Netanyahu brief President Trump

before the strikes, and a U.S. military official, confirms to me that the IDF

reached out to the U.S. military before these strikes began.

As you said, Amna, Netanyahu called them powerful.

An Israeli military official told me today, quote, Hamas is, quote, treating everyone like idiots, and there's only one language they

understand power. But a U.S. official tells me tonight that actually these air strikes were, quote,

targeted, that Israel signaled that they would launch air strikes hours ahead of time,

and that that suggests that Israel is listening to U.S. pressure to hold this ceasefire.

Separate U.S. officials described to me that last week during their visit,

Ambassador Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner backed up Israel's right to defend itself, but they

pushed Netanyahu to keep responses proportionate. A US official warns to me

tonight, they are still worried that Israel is trying to look for an excuse to

quote level the place, as in level Gaza restart the war. So the US is trying to

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