Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and early Sunday killed at least 103 people, according to local hospitals and medics.
The latest military campaign in the besieged territory has led to the closure of a key hospital, reports AP.
In the southern city of Khan Younis, Nasser Hospital reported at least 48 people killed, including women and children, in strikes that hit homes and tents sheltering displaced families.
Hospital spokesperson Weam Fares said the dead included 18 children and 13 women.
Northern Gaza was also heavily hit.
In Jabaliya refugee camp, nine people from one family were killed in a strike, while another airstrike in the area claimed 10 lives, including seven children and a woman, according to the Hamas-run civil defence agency.
The Israeli military is yet to offer an immediate comment on the strikes at the time of his report.
Israel has repeatedly blamed Hamas for civilian casualties, saying the group operates from within densely populated areas.
Amid the air raids, Gaza’s main hospital in the north — the Indonesian Hospital — was forced to shut down due to repeated attacks, according to health officials.
It was the last public hospital still operating in the area, following earlier shutdowns of Kamal Adwan and Beit Hanoun hospitals.
The spike in violence follows the launch of Israel’s new offensive, dubbed Gideon’s Chariots, which aims to seize more territory, push Palestinians further south, and take tighter control of aid distribution.
Israel says the pressure is intended to force Hamas into agreeing to a temporary ceasefire that would free Israeli hostages, but not necessarily end the war.
Hamas, on its part, insists that any deal must include a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a path to a permanent end to the war. Talks are currently ongoing in Doha, Qatar, but there’s been no breakthrough.
Israel delayed launching the new campaign until after U.S. President Donald Trump’s regional visit, which ended Friday without a stop in Israel.
Israel also cut off all imports into Gaza, including food, fuel, and medicine, worsening the current humanitarian crisis in the region, leading to warnings from aid agencies of looming famine.
The war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Since then, Israel’s military campaign has killed more than 53,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between soldiers and civilians.