GAZA STRIP (AFP) – Israel carried out bombardments in Gaza yesterday as international calls mounted for greater protection of civilians and the renewal of an expired truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The Israeli army said it has conducted more than 400 strikes in Gaza since a ceasefire collapsed on Friday, while Hamas announced “rocket barrages” against multiple Israeli towns and cities including Tel Aviv.
Israeli strikes hit the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 13 people, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris sharply rebuked on Saturday the rising civilian toll in Israel’s eight-week war, which was sparked by an unprecedented attack on October 7.
“Too many innocent Palestinians have been killed,” she told reporters at UN climate talks in Dubai. “Frankly, the scale of civilian suffering and the images and videos coming from Gaza are devastating.”
According to the United Nations (UN), an estimated 1.7 million people in Gaza – over two-thirds of the population – have been displaced by eight weeks of war.
