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| Israeli strikes on southern Gaza kill 56 people, hospital says | Israeli strikes on southern Gaza kill 56 people, hospital says |
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| Air strikes reportedly hit homes and tents sheltering displaced families | Air strikes reportedly hit homes and tents sheltering displaced families |
| Israeli air strikes have killed at least 56 Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, a local hospital says. | Israeli air strikes have killed at least 56 Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, a local hospital says. |
| The strikes reportedly hit homes and tents sheltering displaced families in the city of Khan Younis overnight. | The strikes reportedly hit homes and tents sheltering displaced families in the city of Khan Younis overnight. |
| Local journalists said the corridors of Nasser hospital were crowded with casualties, who included women and children, and that its mortuary was full. | Local journalists said the corridors of Nasser hospital were crowded with casualties, who included women and children, and that its mortuary was full. |
| There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. | There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. |
| But it has been intensifying its bombing of what it has said are Hamas fighters and infrastructure ahead of a planned expansion of its ground offensive in Gaza. | But it has been intensifying its bombing of what it has said are Hamas fighters and infrastructure ahead of a planned expansion of its ground offensive in Gaza. |
| Latest updates: Israeli air strikes kill at least 62, civil defence says, as agencies warn of starvation | |
| BBC joins Gaza children as they are evacuated to Jordan for treatment | |
| Construction sites appear in Gaza ahead of Israeli-US aid plan rejected by UN, images show | |
| Israel issues major evacuation order for Palestinians sheltering in Gaza City | |
| Meanwhile, new Israeli evacuation orders have caused panic among residents of a crowded area of Gaza City, in the north. | Meanwhile, new Israeli evacuation orders have caused panic among residents of a crowded area of Gaza City, in the north. |
| The Israeli military said a hospital, and a university and several schools sheltering displaced people in the Rimal neighbourhood had become "terrorist strongholds" and that it would soon attack them with "intense force". | The Israeli military said a hospital, and a university and several schools sheltering displaced people in the Rimal neighbourhood had become "terrorist strongholds" and that it would soon attack them with "intense force". |
| Separately, a US-backed organisation said it would start work in Gaza within two weeks as part of a new heavily criticised US-Israeli aid distribution plan. | Separately, a US-backed organisation said it would start work in Gaza within two weeks as part of a new heavily criticised US-Israeli aid distribution plan. |
| The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it had asked Israel to let the UN and others resume deliveries until it was set up. | The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it had asked Israel to let the UN and others resume deliveries until it was set up. |
| Israel has not allowed any aid or other supplies into Gaza for 10 weeks, and aid agencies have warned of mass starvation among the 2.1 million population. | Israel has not allowed any aid or other supplies into Gaza for 10 weeks, and aid agencies have warned of mass starvation among the 2.1 million population. |
| Israel imposed the blockade on 2 March and resumed its offensive against Hamas two weeks later, ending a two-month ceasefire. It said it wanted to put pressure on Hamas to release its remaining 58 hostages, up to 23 of whom are believed to be alive. | Israel imposed the blockade on 2 March and resumed its offensive against Hamas two weeks later, ending a two-month ceasefire. It said it wanted to put pressure on Hamas to release its remaining 58 hostages, up to 23 of whom are believed to be alive. |
| Israel launched a military campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group's cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage. | Israel launched a military campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group's cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage. |
| At least 52,928 people have been killed in Gaza since then, including 2,799 since the Israeli offensive resumed, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. | At least 52,928 people have been killed in Gaza since then, including 2,799 since the Israeli offensive resumed, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. |