Israel resumed its airstrikes on the Gaza strip just hours after Egypt's cease-fire proposal between Israel and Hamas fell apart on Tuesday.

Although Israel's Security Cabinet approved a proposal by Egypt to end the eight-day violence with Hamas, Israel officials say Hamas militants violated the proposed cease-fire and continued to launch rocket fire. However, Hamas says it rejected the proposal because it was not consulted and its demands were not being met.

"We did not receive any official draft of this Egyptian proposal," Sami Abu Zuhri said, adding that the plan was "not acceptable," according to Fox News.

The truce proposed by Egypt's Foreign Ministry was supposed to take effect on Tuesday at 9 a.m. local time (2 a.m. Eastern Time). However, within 30 minutes, a senior Hamas official said that the group had rejected the proposal. According to the Israel Defense Forces, Hamas fired 47 rockets were fired into Israel during the cease-fire period.

As a result, Israel's aerial strikes resumed about six hours later, around 3 p.m. (8 a.m. ET).

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu also issued a statement saying: "Hamas's rejection of the ceasefire gives Israel full legitimacy to expand the operation to protect our people. No country would sit idly by while its civilian population is subjected to terrorist rocket fire. Israel is no exception," reports The Guardian.

"The Egyptian plan calls for all sides to cease hostilities in Gaza. It also calls for the opening of border crossings, once the security situation is stable, and for high-level talks among those involved," reports CNN. However, because the proposal did not withstand, there is little hope that the conflict, which has killed more than 190 Palestinians in Gaza, will end.

Palestinian health authorities say that by Tuesday, 194 people had died and at least 1,400 were wounded in the Gaza strip violence.