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Israel resumed heavy strikes across Gaza on Tuesday, shattering a fragile truce that had been in place since 19 January.
ADVERTISEMENTAt least 85 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza overnight and into Thursday, according to local health officials in the enclave.The strikes reportedly hit multiple homes in the middle of the night, killing men, women and children as they slept.One of the strikes in the early hours of Thursday hit the Abu Daqa family’s home in Abasan al-Kabira, a village just outside of Khan Younis near the border with Israel.It was inside an area the Israeli military ordered evacuated earlier this week, encompassing most of eastern Gaza.The strike killed at least 16 people, mostly women and children, according to the nearby European Hospital, which received the bodies.Those killed included a father and his seven children, as well as the parents and brother of a month-old baby who survived along with her grandparents.”Another tough night,” said Hani Awad, who was helping rescuers search for more survivors in the rubble. “The house collapsed over the people’s heads.”The Israeli military (IDF) said it had struck dozens of militant targets across Gaza, hitting dozens of fighters as well as military structures.The IDF also said that late on Wednesday “projectiles” fired from Gaza had set off air raids sirens in central Israel.That appeared to be the first such rocket attack from Gaza since Israel ended the ceasefire with a surprise bombardment of the territory early on Tuesday.The Israeli military also restored a blockade on northern Gaza, including Gaza City, that it had maintained for most of the war.It warned residents against using the main highway to enter or leave the north and said only passage to the south would be allowed on the coastal road.More than 400 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday alone, mostly women and children, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza, whose officials don’t distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count.Israeli ground troops advanceIsrael resumed heavy strikes across Gaza on Tuesday, shattering the fragile truce that had been in place since 19 January and which had facilitated the release of more than two dozen hostages.Israel blamed the renewed fighting on Hamas because the militant group rejected a new proposal that departed from their signed agreement.ADVERTISEMENTOn Wednesday, Israeli ground troops advanced in Gaza for the first time since January, seizing part of the corridor separating the northern third of the territory from the south.The announcement about the passage indicated Israeli troops will soon retake full control over what is known as the Netzarim Corridor, stretching from the Israeli border to the Mediterranean Sea.Israel, which has also cut off the supply of food, fuel and humanitarian aid to Gaza’s roughly two million Palestinians, has vowed to intensify its operations until Hamas releases 59 hostages it is still holding.At least 35 of those hostages are believed to be dead.ADVERTISEMENTHamas has said it will only release the remaining hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as called for in the ceasefire agreement they reached after more than a year of mediation by the United States, Egypt and Qatar.No end in sightThe war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage.Most of the hostages have been freed as part of ceasefire agreements or other deals.Israeli forces have rescued eight living hostages and recovered the bodies of dozens more.ADVERTISEMENTIsrael’s retaliatory offensive has killed nearly 49,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.Israel says it has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.The war at its height displaced around 90% of Gaza’s population and has caused vast destruction across the territory.
