TEL AVIV, December 1. /TASS/. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is resuming full-scale military operations in the Gaza Strip, as no talks on releasing hostages are currently underway, Israel’s Galei Tzahal Army Radio Station reported, citing an anonymous source in Israeli political circles.

"We are resuming full-scale combat; there are no negotiations on releasing hostages," the radio station quoted the unnamed official as saying.

Radio Kan, also citing a source in political circles, stated that another reason for ending the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants was the failure of the radical Palestinian movement to provide the Israelis with a new list of hostages slated to be released. The US-based Axios news website reported, citing another Israeli official, that Israel had continued to conduct talks overnight with Egyptian and Qatari intermediaries, but that this effort had not produced the desired result.

Earlier, the IDF accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire and announced renewed fighting in the Gaza Strip. Not long before that, the army press service twice reported air raid sirens going off in locations near the embattled enclave and air defense systems intercepting at least one projectile fired from Gaza at Israeli territory. It marked the first time air raid alerts had sounded in areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip since November 24.