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At least 70 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday, as Israel renewed its bombing campaign and ground operations in the enclave, according to a Gaza health official. Medics said Israeli strikes targeted several houses in northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip. Asked for comment, the Israeli military said it was looking into the reports. The military has resumed its air assaults on Gaza since Tuesday and launched ground operations Wednesday, effectively abandoning a cease-fire that had held since January. It said...

The United Nations Secretary-General condemned on Wednesday attacks on UN personnel and added in a statement from his spokesperson that all parties in Israel's attack on Gaza knew where the UN's premises were based. "The Secretary-General was deeply saddened and shocked to learn of the death of a United Nations Office for Project Services staff member, when two UN guesthouses in Deir al Balah were hit in strikes," a spokesperson for secretary-general Antonio Guterres wrote. "The locations of all UN premises are known to the parties to the conflict, who...

Hamas has accused Israel of escalating its “war of extermination” in Gaza after an air strike on a UN facility in Deir al-Balah killed a foreign humanitarian worker and wounded five others. In a statement, Hamas called the attack a “heinous crime” and a “flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.” The group said it was part of Israel’s “systematic policy” to target civilians and aid workers, aiming to “terrorise” them and worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Hamas said Israel has killed hundreds of Unrwa and relief workers inGaza since...