Israel has carried out lethal bombardments in Gaza for a second day after a weeklong truce with Hamas collapsed regardless of worldwide requires an extension.
Clouds of gray smoke from the strikes held on Saturday over Gaza, the place the Hamas-run Ministry of Well being mentioned almost 200 individuals had been killed for the reason that pause in hostilities expired early on Friday.
Residents feared the newest bombings presage an Israeli floor operation within the south of the Palestinian territory that might pin them right into a shrinking space and probably attempt to push them into Egypt.
The southern a part of Gaza, together with Khan Younis and Rafah, was pounded by Israeli warfare planes and artillery on Saturday. Hundreds of displaced Palestinians are sheltering there due to preventing within the north.
Residents mentioned homes had been hit and three mosques destroyed in Khan Younis.
Palestinian witnesses mentioned Israeli tanks had taken up positions close to the highway between Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah.
“An evening of horror,” mentioned Samira, a mom of 4. “It was one of many worst nights we spent in Khan Younis up to now six weeks since we arrived right here. … We’re so afraid they are going to enter Khan Younis.”
Officers mentioned the general loss of life toll in Gaza for the reason that October 7 begin of the Israel-Hamas warfare has surpassed 15,200 whereas greater than 40,000 individuals have been wounded within the Israeli assaults.