18-03-2025
Israel-Hamas Live Updates: Israeli air strikes across Gaza, more than 200 reported killed
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Summary
Israeli air strikes hit dozens of targets in Gaza
Palestinian authorities say at least 250 killed
Israel says Hamas refused to release hostages
Hamas says Israel has overturned the ceasefire deal
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Piles of bodies
18 minutes ago
02:32 EDT
Nidal Al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie
In hospitals strained by bombardment since the latest outbreak of hostilities in October 2023, piles of bodies in white plastic sheets smeared with blood could be seen stacked up as casualties were brought in.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams dealt with 86 killed and 134 wounded, but others were brought to overwhelmed hospitals by private cars.
Officials from Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip and Al-Ahly Hospital in Gaza Citysaid that altogether they had received around 85 dead.
Authorities also reported separately that 16 members of one family in Rafah, in southern Gaza had been killed.
A spokesperson for the Gaza health ministry said the death toll was at least 200.
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 200, Palestinian health authorities say
Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed at least 200 people, Palestinian health authorities said, as attacks hit dozens of targets early on Tuesday.
The attacks ended a weeks-long standoff over extending a ceasefire that halted fighting in January.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas issued a statement accusing Israel of breaching the ceasefire.
Strikes were reported in multiple locations, including northern Gaza, Gaza City and the Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah in central and southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian health ministry officials said many of the dead were children.
The Israeli military, which said it hit dozens of targets, said the strikes would continue for as long as necessary and would extend beyond air strikes, raising the prospect that Israeli ground troops could resume fighting.
