India, Oct. 28 -- Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered the Israeli forces to immediately carry out "powerful strikes" in Gaza.

The order came amid heightened tensions days after the US-brokered ceasefire, with Israel reporting Hamas firing on its forces in southern Gaza.

After the order, the Israeli strikes targeted an area close to Shifa hospital, the largest operational hospital in northern Gaza, witnesses and Hamas media said. According to a report by Reuters, at least two people were killed and another four were injured in the strikes.

Israeli troops were reportedly shot at in the southern city of Rafah earlier today and retaliated by opening fire, an Israeli military official said on the condition of anonymi...