White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said Tuesday that Tel Aviv had consulted with the administration of US President Donald Trump regarding the expanded Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning.

"The Israelis consulted with Trump and the White House about their attacks on Gaza tonight," Levitt said in an interview with Fox News.

The memo also added what the US President previously said: "Hamas, the Houthis, Iran, and anyone who seeks to terrorize not only Israel but the United States as well will pay a heavy price... and the gates of hell will open upon them."

Trump previously issued a public warning using similar language, saying that "Hamas must release all prisoners or the gates of hell will open wide."

This massive Israeli attack on Gaza, launched early Tuesday morning, came after negotiations stalled over extending the first phase of the ceasefire agreement or moving to its second phase.

It also came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, where he made the decision to resume the war, informed Israeli sources told the Maariv newspaper.

Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the Civil Defense in Gaza, revealed this morning that "more than 220 people were transferred to hospitals in the Gaza Strip, the majority of them children, women, and the elderly, as a result of the Israeli aggression." He pointed out that "the occupation carried out more than 200 air raids and violent artillery shelling, and is still continuing the shelling," in raids unprecedented in scope and frequency since the truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began two months ago, according to Agence France-Presse.