Scores of Palestinian people dead in attacks on Gaza as Israel intensifies bombing campaign – Israel-Gaza war live
At least 101 Palestinian people have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to Al Jazeera.
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli airstrikes on Sunday killed at least 33 people, more than half of them children.
The Nasser hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis said it received the bodies of 20 people who were killed in multiple overnight Israeli airstrikes that hit houses and tents sheltering displaced families in the so-called 'safe zone' of al-Mawasi.
In central Gaza, at least 10 people were killed in two separate Israeli airstrikes, according to the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in the town of Deir al-Balah.
One Israeli airstrike in the Zweida town killed seven people, including two children and four women. The second hit an apartment in Deir al-Balah, killing two parents and their child, the hospital said. Aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a tent camp sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Photograph: Hatem Khaled/Reuters
Hundreds of Palestinian people have been killed by the Israeli military since Saturday, including at hospitals and refugee camps.
The attacks are seen by many as part of efforts by Israel to displace Palestinians from the Strip and equivalent to ethnic cleansing as aid into the territory is blocked and residents forcibly removed from their homes.
The relentless bombing campaign came after Israel announced an intensification of its assault on Gaza late on Friday, in what it claimed was a fresh effort to force Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, to release hostages.
Hamas is believed to still hold 57 of about 250 hostages seized in its October 2023 attack on southern Israel, which resulted in the deaths of about 1,200 people.
On Saturday, Hamas confirmed a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks with Israel was under way in Doha. A group official, Taher al-Nono, told Reuters both sides were discussing all issues without 'pre-conditions'.
He added:
The Hamas delegation outlined the position of the group and the necessity to end the war, swap prisoners, the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and allowing humanitarian aid and all the needs of the people of Gaza back into the strip.
Israel is yet to respond publicly to the proposed deal.
Humanitarian officials, meanwhile, say Gaza is on the brink of catastrophe as food and fuel runs out due to a total Israeli blockade imposed on 2 March, which has also cut off critical vaccines and medical supplies. Stay with us as we bring you the latest developments on Israel's war on Gaza throughout the day. Share
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