The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the strip around several Palestinian hospitals.

The Israeli military reported three rockets targetinh its territory on Friday from the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian rescuers said Israeli air strikes killed at least 16 people, including children. Three children were killed in Israeli shelling in Gaza City's Zietun neighbourhood,

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed over 45,500 Palestinians, according to the health ministry, displaced nearly 90 per cent of the 2.3 million people, and left the tiny, densely populated coastal territory in ruins. Humanitarian agencies estimate that over 1.6 million Gazans are living in makeshift shelters, nearly half a million in flood-prone areas.

Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, Gaza officials said Wednesday, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year.

Israel carried out air strikes on dozens of Hamas targets in Gaza over the past 24 hours, it said on Friday, in attacks that Palestinian health authorities said had killed nearly 100 people. The surge in operations and casualties comes amid a renewed push to reach a ceasefire agreement before U.