Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, saying it was hitting Hamas targets in its heaviest assault on the territory since a ceasefire took effect in January. The strikes have killed more than 400 people and wounded hundreds more, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which says over half the dead are women and children.
The Israeli attack could signal the full resumption of war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that all ceasefire negotiations will now take place āunder fire.ā
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Hamas ā which has yet to respond militarily ā warned that Israel's bombardments are jeopardizing the roughly two dozen Israeli hostages still alive in Hamas captivity. The Palestinian militant group has spent weeks calling for serious talks on the ceasefire agreementās second phase.
Both Israel and the United States blame the renewed hostilities on Hamasā refusal to release more hostages before negotiations on ending the war proceed ā which was not part of the ceasefire agreement. U.S. President Donald Trumpās administration is backing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ās decision to unilaterally walk away from the ceasefire Trump took credit for brokering.
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Released hostages and Israeli demonstrators call on the government to resume negotiations
Thousands of Israelis packed a Tel Aviv square to protest Netanyahuās intention to fire the countryās domestic security chief and to call on the government to resume negotiations for a hostage deal.
The Shin Bet security chief, Ronen Bar, has been a key player in ceasefire talks but was recently replaced by a Netanyahu confidant. Netanyahu now wants to fire Bar, saying he has lost trust in him.
Demonstrators say the dismissal is a power grab by Netanyahu. Many also said the resumption of fighting in Gaza endangers the hostages still held there.
āToday Netanyahu did not open the gates of hell on Hamas. He opened the gates of hell on our loved ones!ā said Einav Zangauker, whose son is among the hostages.
Freed Israeli hostages say they're horrified the war has resumed
In a nearby square, three former hostages expressed āhorrorā at the collapse of the ceasefire and urged the Israeli government to return to the negotiating table.
Israeli-American former hostage Keith Siegel said his Hamas captors became violent after the first ceasefire collapsed in November 2023 and fighting resumed.
āToday, a year and four months later, the ceasefire has collapsed again. I think of the 59 hostages still being held in Gaza. How afraid they are, not only of the terroristsā cruelty and of Israeli attacks, but also of the collapse of the negotiations that will prevent their return home.ā
Syria tells UN that Israeli statements and military incursions undermine security
It's the third complaint against Israel filed at the U.N. Security Council by Syria's interim government, which took power late last year after ousting longtime President Bashar Assad. The complaint was submitted on March 3 but circulated Tuesday.
Israeli forces have seized territory in southern Syria and launched airstrikes on what Israel says are military sites in Syria, saying the operations aim to protect Israel's borders. Israeli officials have also said that they will not allow the new Syrian military south of Damascus, claiming that they aim to protect the Druze, a minority sect present in both Syria and Israel.
Syriaās complaint said that Israelās statements āconstitute blatant interference in the internal affairs of Syriaā and reflect āhostile intentions and goal of undermining the security and stability of Syria and establishing a new occupation on Syrian territory as a fait accompli.ā
It called on the Security Council to ātake urgent actionā to make Israel stop āits attacks on Syrian towns and villages and their civilian populationsā and to āwithdraw completely, immediately and unconditionally from the Syrian territory into which its forces have recently advancedā as well as comply with a 1974 ceasefire agreement between the two countries.
Houthis say their missile targeted an Israeli military base
Yemenās Houthi rebels said the attack on the base in southern Israel āsuccessfully achieved its objective,ā although Israel says the missile was intercepted.
The Houthis say the strike was in response to Israelās deadly bombardments of Gaza on Tuesday.
The Iran-backed rebels had refrained from striking at Israel during the Gaza ceasefire, but recently said theyāll start attacking ships linked to the U.S. and Israel again.
Israelās Netanyahu says Gaza airstrikes are āonly the beginningā of a prolonged campaign
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says all ceasefire negotiations will take place āunder fire.ā
Ina recorded statement broadcast on national television, Netanyahu said Israel would press ahead until it realizes all of its war goals -- destroying Hamas and freeing all hostages held by the militant group.
āThe previous releases proved that military pressure is a necessary condition for freeing hostages,ā he said.
Israeli military intercepts a missile launched from Yemen
Israelās military said the missile was fired from Yemen, setting off sirens in multiple cities and towns in the countryās south, but was intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory.
Yemenās Houthi rebels have fired missiles and drones at Israel throughout the war in Gaza, in addition to their attacks on ships in the Red Sea. Tuesdayās launch toward Israel was the first since the January ceasefire took hold.
Hamas has yet to respond militarily to Tuesdayās wave of Israeli strikes.
Turkish president denounces Israel for attacking Gaza
Recep Tayyip Erdogan branded Israel as a āterrorist stateā feeding on the āblood, lives and tears of innocentā people.
A vocal critic of Israelās actions in Gaza, Erdogan on Tuesday accused Israel of committing āgenocideā in Gaza. He pledged to increase diplomatic efforts to stop the violence and ensure a ceasefire.
Iran says Israel is resuming āgenocide and ethnic cleansingā in Gaza
Iran's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that letting Israel resume its deadly strikes and block all aid to Gaza āposes catastrophic consequences for global peace and security.ā
Some advocacy groups and other rights experts have accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza ā charges Israel vehemently denies.
South Africa condemns Israeli airstrikes
South Africa said it was āgravely concernedā by the deadly wave of airstrikes in Gaza, and raised doubts about Israel's ācommitment to a permanent ceasefire as envisaged in the ceasefire plan brokered by the USA, Egypt and Qatar.ā
South Africaās post-apartheid government has long been a supporter of the Palestinian cause, and has filed a case at the United Nationsā top court accusing U.S. ally Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
Palestinian ambassador slams Israeli strikes and demands international powers take action
During a U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday, Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, said that Palestinians are once again being ākilled indiscriminatelyā after Israeli strikes restarted overnight.
After the majority of the permanent members of the council condemned Israel, Mansour called on the U.N.ās highest body to act on their condemnations.
āThis can never be justified and must stop immediately. I agree with you, Madame President, when you said that you have a responsibility to act,ā Mansour said to Christina Markus Lassen, the Danish ambassador who is leading the council this month. āYou are the Security Council. Act. Stop this criminal action. Stop them from denying our people food in the month of Ramadan, You have resolutions. Act. You have power. Act.ā
He added, āOr as my friend, the ambassador of Slovenia said, you will become irrelevant.ā
UN humanitarian chief calls Israeli aid cutoff to Gaza āunconscionableā
Tom Fletcher is demanding that Israel resume deliveries of food, medicine, fuel and other supplies to Gazaās 2.1 million people.
The U.N. humanitarian chief told the Security Council that Israelās block on aid deliveries since March 2 is reversing progress during the recent ceasefire, when over 4,000 supply trucks entered Gaza every week.
Since the cutoff, he said, only medical evacuations and humanitarian staff rotations have been allowed and āeven that came to a halt today.ā Fletcher said supplies in Gaza are being rationed.
He said the impact of Israelās actions is serious: Israeli power cuts to southern Gazaās desalination plant have affected 600,000 peopleās clean water access, vegetable prices in the north have tripled, and six bakeries subsidized by the U.N. World Food Program have closed for lack of cooking gas.
Israeli strike wipes out 27 members of the same family, medics say
An Israeli airstrike flattened a multistory house in Gaza City early Tuesday, killing at least 27 people from the extended family of Qraiqa, according to Palestinian medics.
More than half of the dead were women and children as young as one year old, according to the Health Ministryās emergency service. They have been taken to Ahly Hospital.
The dead include two parents and their five children; a mother and her four children, four siblings and others, a list of the dead showed.
US defends Israeli strikes, blames Hamas for āresumption of hostilitiesā
In a tense U.N. Security Council meeting, Dorothy Shea, the U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations, defended Israelās decision to launch a series of airstrikes that killed more than 400 Palestinians, saying Hamasā refusal to negotiate forced the military action.
āThe blame for the resumption of hostilities lies solely with Hamas,ā Shea said, echoing the Trump administrationās reaction to the strikes. āIt is the people of Gaza who will suffer further because of Hamasās disregard for human life.ā
Hamas alleged that Israel has not come to the table in recent weeks to initiate phase two of the ceasefire deal.
Relatives of dead Israeli hostages say resuming the war will cost more hostagesā lives
In a statement to the press on Tuesday, the families urged an immediate ceasefire and return to the negotiations to prevent a similar fate for other hostages.
āUnfortunately, it was too late for us,ā said Ayelet Svatitzky, sister of Nadav Popplewell whose body was recovered from Gaza by the Israeli military. āBut for other hostages, itās not too late. Their lives can still be saved.ā
Carmit Palty-Katzir, sister of deceased hostage Elad Katzir, said the families of hostages who died in captivity have āpaid the heaviest price of allā and are now āraising a red flagā to warn against the resumption of fighting. She said her brother could have been returned through a deal, and unless the government negotiates a deal to bring back the rest of the hostages, āthe blood of the next hostage will be on your hands.ā
The bodies of 41 hostages were retrieved throughout the war by Israeli forces, and the bodies of eight more hostages were released by Hamas in the recent ceasefire.
UN says Israeli attacks are erasing humanitarian progress in Gaza
The United Nationsā humanitarian chief told the Security Council that all of the āmodest gainsā made during the Israel-Hamas ceasefire have been destroyed after Israel launched surprise airstrikes.
āOvernight, our worst fears materialized after strikes resumed across the entire Gaza Strip,ā Tom Fletcher said in a briefing to the U.N.ās highest body. He added that the international community āmust not and cannotā go back to pre-ceasefire conditions.
The monthlong ceasefire brought some food, shelter and medical relief to Gaza and allowed hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians to return to what remained of their homes.
Lebanonās Hezbollah condemns resumption of Israeli strikes on Gaza
The Lebanese militant group says Israel is attacking Gaza with the Trump administrationās backing because neither country respects the agreements they make.
Hezbollahās statement urged the international community to move quickly āto stop this crime.ā
The Lebanese group says Israel couldnāt break the will of the Palestinian āresistanceā during 15 months of war, and that the Palestinian people wonāt be displaced from their land by the fresh wave of strikes.
A fragile ceasefire last year has halted Hezbollahās 14-month war with Israel in support of the Palestinians.
Egypt and Kuwait slam Israelās attacks on Gaza
The leaders of Egypt and Kuwait say Israelās attacks on Gaza are a āgross violation of international law and the ceasefire deal.ā
The statement from the Egyptian presidency said Israel was resuming the war as part of āpremeditated effortsā to make Gaza unlivable and transfer the Palestinians out of their territories.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah spoke by phone Tuesday and warned that the Israeli attacks ācould broaden the conflict and undermine prospects of peace and stability in the region.ā
They called for the international community to ābear its responsibility and push for an immediate ceasefire.ā
France ācondemnsā Israelās deadly airstrikes in Gaza
Paris is urging both Israel and the Palestinians to respect the ceasefire and ācondemnedā Israelās airstrikes for causing ānumerous civilian casualtiesā across Gaza.
The French Foreign Ministry statement calls āfor an immediate halt to hostilities, which are compromising efforts to free hostages and threatening the lives of Gazaās civilian population.ā
Gazaās Health Ministry says at least 263 of the more than 400 people confirmed dead so far Tuesday were women or children.
Islamic Jihad group accuses Israelās Netanyahu of sabotaging the ceasefire
Palestinian Islamic Jihad has lashed out at Israelās Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government, accusing them of ādeliberately foilingā ceasefire efforts.
The militant group said in a statement that Tuesdayās wave of deadly strikes wonāt lead to a release of the remaining hostages in Gaza.
āWe affirm that what Netanyahu and his barbaric army were unable to achieve over fifteen months of crimes and bloodshed, they will be unable to achieve again,ā it said.
Islamic Jihad is the smaller of the two main Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas says 2 political officials are killed in Gaza
Hamas says Israeli strikes have killed two members of its political bureau, Yasser Harab and Mohamed al-Gamasy, according to a statement.
Saraya al-Quds, the military arm of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, also said its spokesman Abu Hamza was killed in a strike on his home in the Nuseirat refugee camp. The group said his wife, sister, brother, sister-in-law and nephew were killed as well.
Freed Israeli hostages voice anger and alarm over resumption of war
In stories on Instagram shared by Israeli media, several Israelis released from Hamas captivity in the first phase of the recent ceasefire made desperate appeals to the government to prioritize the release of the hostages and resume negotiations.
āReturning to fighting? Did you listen to a word of what we, the returnees released in the last deal, have been saying to you? Do you see us?!ā wrote former hostage Omer Wenkert. He added that āthe sense of being forsaken is the strongest I have ever felt.ā
Romi Gonen, who was among the first hostages freed in the last ceasefire, said she āwill never forget the moment in captivity when I heard the booms after the (first) deal collapsed and realized I would not be freed anytime soon.ā She wrote, āI beg you, the people of Israel, we must continue to fight for them. And the government of Israel ā get them out! This is the most urgent thing.ā
A Palestinian health official says Tuesday is the deadliest day of the war in Gaza
Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the records department in Gazaās Health Ministry, said at least 263 of the 404 people confirmed dead so far Tuesday were women or children under 18. He described it as the deadliest day in Gaza since the start of the war in October 2023.
The war in Gaza has now killed nearly 49,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its tally.
Saudi Arabia has condemned āin the strongest termsā Israelās attacks in Gaza
A statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry called for an immediate ceasefire and for the protection of civilians.
Before the outbreak of the war in October 2023, Saudi Arabia appeared to be close to forging diplomatic relations with Israel in a potentially historic U.S.-brokered agreement. The war put that process on hold. Saudi Arabia says it will not normalize relations with Israel without a halt to the fighting and a path toward establishing a Palestinian state.
Mediator Qatar condemns Israelās resumption of war in Gaza
Qatar has strongly condemned Israelās resumption of its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The Arab country has served as a key mediator with Hamas and helped broker the ceasefire that took hold in January.
Qatarās Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned āthe resumption of the Israeli occupationās aggression against the Gaza Strip,ā saying it threatens regional stability.
Egypt, which also played a key role in brokering the ceasefire, has also condemned the wave of heavy strikes Israel launched early Tuesday.
Israeli far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvirās party returns to Netanyahuās government
Israeli far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvirās party says it is returning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuās government.
His party had left the coalition after Netanyahu agreed to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in January. Ben-Gvirās return comes after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes. It strengthens Netanyahuās ruling coalition.
Turkey accuses Israel of āgenocideā in Gaza
Turkeyās Foreign Ministry denounced Israelās airstrikes across Gaza as a new phase in āgenocide.ā
Turkey called on the international community to take a ādecisive stanceā against Israel to ensure a permanent ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza.
āThe aggression displayed by the Israeli government threatens the future of the region,ā the statement read. āIt is unacceptable that Israel is causing a new spiral of violence.ā
Gaza Health Ministry revises the number of dead and wounded
The Gaza Health Ministry has revised its death toll from Israeli strikes on Tuesday, saying a total of 404 people were killed. It had earlier reported 413 dead.
It also revised the number of wounded to 562 from 660. It did not provide an explanation.
Medics say the situation inside Gaza hospitals has been chaotic since the strikes began hours before dawn, and that many people are still buried under the rubble.
A doctor at a Gaza hospital speaks of āhorrorā as casualties rise
A doctor working at a Gaza hospital said she had witnessed āa level of horrorā that was hard to articulate after Israelās surprise bombardment of the territory.
Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan, a volunteer with Medical Aid for Palestinians based at Nasser Hospital, said the pediatric intensive care unit was full. She said she had personally treated at least five patients who died in the emergency room.
āThe ER was just chaos, patients everywhere, on the floor,ā she said. āThere were probably three men, and the rest were all children, women, elderly, everybody caught in their sleep, still wrapped in blankets. Terrifying.ā
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 413 Palestinians, officials say
The death toll from a wave of Israeli strikes in Gaza Tuesday has reached 413, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza.
The ministry says at least 660 people have been wounded in the strikes.
Israel launched a new offensive on Gaza Tuesday, shattering a ceasefire between it and the militant group Hamas and threatening to fully ignite the war in Gaza.
Palestinians describe a strike on a school-turned-shelter
Palestinians at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City say they were shaken violently from their sleep early Tuesday when Israeli jets struck. Hospital officials said more than two dozen people were killed.
āPeople are sleeping peacefully, they set the alarm to wake up for suhoor, and they wake up to death,ā said Fedaa Heriz, a displaced woman, referring to the early morning meal during the fasting month of Ramadan.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the school strike, which was part of a renewed offensive in Gaza.
āI heard screaming, my mother and sister screaming, calling for help. I came and entered the room and found the children under the rubble, under the stones,ā said Majd Naser, a displaced Palestinian.
Hamas says at least 4 senior officials killed in Israeli airstrikes
The Hamas-run government media office in Gaza said at least four senior officials, including two top police officers, in the Hamas administration have been killed in Israeli strikes.
They include Issam al-Daalis, head of the government administrative committee, Maj. Gen. Mohamed Abu Watfa, undersecretary of the Interior Ministry, Maj. Gen. Bahgat Abu Sultan, director of the domestic security agency and Ahmed al-Hetta, undersecretary of the Justice Ministry.
Egypt lashes out at Israel over new attacks in Gaza
Egypt, a key mediator in Gaza ceasefire talks, lashed out at Israel, calling its new offensive on Gaza a āflagrant violation of the ceasefire deal.ā
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it rejects āall Israeli attacks which aim to ā¦ make ongoing efforts to de-escalate and regain stability fail.ā
It called for the international community to āto immediately intervene to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.ā
It also urged the parties to āexercise restraintā and give mediators a space to ācomplete their efforts to reach a permanent ceasefire.ā
UN human rights chief āhorrifiedā by Gaza strikes
The U.N. human rights chief says heās āhorrifiedā by Israel airstrikes in Gaza overnight that have killed hundreds, according to health authorities in the territory.
Volker TĆ¼rk says the last 18 months of fighting between Palestinian armed groups, including Hamas, and Israeli forces have shown that āthe only way forward is a political settlementā and a āmilitary pathā offers no way out of the crisis.
The rights chief reiterated his calls for hostages held by Hamas and people held arbitrarily to be released āimmediately and unconditionally.ā
āThis nightmare must end immediately,ā he added in a statement.
Families of hostages call for a protest outside Israelās parliament
The families of hostages held by Hamas are calling on supporters to protest with them outside Israelās parliament, saying the resumption of fighting in Gaza puts their loved ones at risk.
āWith each passing day, the danger to the hostages grows. Military pressure could further endanger their lives,ā the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, the main group representing the families, said in a statement announcing the protest.
Netanyahu set to meet top security officials on the next step
An Israeli official says Netanyahu is to meet with top security officials in the coming half-hour to discuss next steps in the war.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a closed-door meeting.
ā By Josef Federman in Jerusalem
UN secretary-general says he is āshockedā by Israeli strikes in Gaza
The United Nations Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres says he is āshockedā by the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and has called for the ceasefire in Gaza to be respected.
Guterres, in a statement, called for humanitarian aid to resume for people in Gaza and for the hostages held by Hamas to be released unconditionally.
Freed British-Israeli hostage says she is ācrushed' by resumption of fighting
Freed British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari says her āheart is broken, crushed and disappointedā by the resumption of fighting in Gaza. In a story on Instagram shared by Israeli media, she said she would keep fighting for the remaining hostages.
Israeli strikes kill at least 326 people
Gazaās Health Ministry says Israeli strikes across the territory have killed at least 326 people. The wave of strikes that began early Tuesday is among the deadliest since the start of the 17-month war.
Australian prime minister calls for ceasefire to be maintained in Gaza
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called for the ceasefire to be maintained following Israelās attack on Gaza.
āThereās already been enormous suffering there, which is why weāre calling upon all parties to respect the ceasefire and hostage deal that was put in place,ā Albanese told reporters.
āWeāll continue to make representations. Australia will continue to stand up for peace and security in the region,ā he added.
Israeli airstrike flattens prison, killing dozens of prisoners and police officers
An Israeli airstrike flattened a prison run by the Hamas-led government in Gaza Strip, killing dozens of prisoners and policemen, according to hospital records.
The prison was located in the urban Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Associated Press footage showed a collapsed building and people trying to reach bodies buried under the rubble.
The bodies of more than three dozen prisoners and guards were taken to the nearby Shifa hospital.
The Hamas-run government operates a police force that numbered in the tens of thousands before the war and quickly returned to the streets after a ceasefire took hold in January.
Israelās military orders people to evacuate eastern Gaza after wave of strikes
The Israeli military ordered people to evacuate eastern Gaza and move toward the center of the territory after Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes across the territory.
The orders issued Tuesday indicate Israel could launch renewed ground operations.
Classes suspended in dozens of Gaza schools after airstrikes
The Hamas-run Education Ministry in the Gaza Strip says classes have been suspended in dozens of schools that had recently reopened.
The decision came after Israel launched a wave of heavy airstrikes across Gaza early Tuesday, shattering a nearly two-month ceasefire.
Schools shut down across Gaza after Hamasā Oct. 7, 2023, attack ignited the war, and most were converted to shelters for displaced people.
The ministry said it had resumed classes in around 70 schools in recent weeks.
A UNICEF staffer describes a harrowing night in Gaza
A United Nations staffer in the Gaza Strip described a āvery tough nightā as Israel resumed heavy strikes across the territory after a nearly two-month ceasefire.
Rosalia Bollen, a communications specialist with the U.N. childrenās agency, said she woke up around 2 a.m. on Tuesday to āvery loud explosions.ā
She said the UNICEF bass near the southern city of Rafah āwas shaking very heavily.ā When the strikes subsided, she heard āpeople yelling, people screaming and ambulances.ā
āThe bombardments have continued throughout the night,ā though at a lower intensity than the initial barrage, she said. āThe whole night, thereās been just the constant buzzing of drones and planes flying over.ā
She said the strikes hit tents and structures housing displaced families. āWeāre seeing, as of this morning, at least several dozen children killed,ā she said.
Families of hostages held in Gaza say they are terrified by the resumed airstrikes
The main group representing the families of hostages held in Gaza has slammed the decision to return to fighting, saying the move shows the government āchose to give up on the hostages.ā
The Hostages Families Forum said āmilitary pressure endangers hostages.ā It asked the government in a post on X why it ābacked out of the agreementā with Hamas that set out a release of all the living hostages in exchange for an end to the war.
āWe are shocked, angry, and terrified by the deliberate dismantling of the process to return our loved ones from the terrible captivity of Hamas,ā the group said.
Netanyahu's hard-line ally welcomes return to fighting in Gaza
A key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the return to fighting in Gaza.
Bezalel Smotrich had threatened to leave the government if fighting did not resume, which would imperil Netanyahuās rule. Critics said those political considerations were influencing Netanyahuās wartime decision-making.
āWe remained in the government for this moment despite our opposition to the (ceasefire) deal, and we are more determined than ever to complete the task and destroy Hamas,ā Smotrich posted on X.
Israeli strikes have killed at least 235 people in the Gaza Strip
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 235 people, according to local hospitals.
The toll from the strikes overnight and into Tuesday is based on records from seven hospitals and does not include bodies brought to other, smaller health centers.
Rescuers are still searching for dead and wounded.
North Korea criticizes US over airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels
North Korea has criticized the United States over its new campaign of airstrikes targeting Yemenās Houthi rebels.
The state-run KCNA news agency on Tuesday quoted Ma Tong Hui, North Koreaās ambassador to Egypt and concurrently to Yemen, as describing the attacks as a āwanton violation of all international laws including the U.N. Charter and it is an open encroachment upon the sovereignty of other nation that can never be justified.ā
He also criticized āU.S. hooliganism.ā
Trump during his first term held summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but the diplomacy collapsed over disagreements on US sanctions.
Senior Hamas official says Gaza strikes amount to ādeath sentenceā for remaining hostages
A senior Hamas official says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuās decision to launch widespread strikes on the Gaza Strip amounts to a ādeath sentenceā for the remaining hostages held there.
In a statement early Tuesday, Izzat al-Risheq, a member of Hamasā political bureau, accused Netanyahu of resuming the war to try and save his far-right governing coalition.
āNetanyahuās decision to return to war is a decision to sacrifice the (Israeli) occupationās captives and a death sentence against them,ā he said.
He said Israel didnāt respect its commitments in the ceasefire deal reached in January and urged mediators to āreveal factsā on which side broke the agreement.
US security official blames Hamas for renewed fighting
National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said the militant group ācould have released hostages to extend the ceasefire but instead chose refusal and war.ā
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, who has been leading mediation efforts along with Egypt and Qatar, had earlier warned that Hamas must release living hostages immediately āor pay a severe price.ā
Israel expects further military action
Israeli officials said the latest operation was open-ended and was expected to expand.
āIsrael will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength,ā Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuās office said.
White House says it was consulted by Israelis before resuming attacks against Hamas
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the āTrump administration and the White House were consulted by the Israelis on their attacks in Gaza tonight.ā
āAs President Trump has made it clear, Hamas, the Houthis, Iran ā all those who seek to terrorize not just Israel, but also the United States of America ā will see a price to pay: All hell will break lose,ā Leavitt continued, speaking to Fox News on Monday evening.
Leavitt is one of three administration officials who face a lawsuit from The Associated Press on First- and Fifth-Amendment grounds. The AP says the three are punishing the news agency for editorial decisions they oppose. The White House says the AP is not following an executive order to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.