On Tuesday, the "Ritzau" news agency reported that the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation announced that "Denmark has temporarily suspended development aid to the Palestinians" following a surprise attack by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Israel over the weekend. Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes continued to heavily bomb Gaza City, and as Operation "Al-Aqsa Flood" entered its fourth day, Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas's Political Bureau, stated that "Israel will pay a heavy price for its crimes and terrorism."