Israel strikes Gaza after truce expires | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli fighter jets hit targets in Gaza on Friday shortly after a weeklong truce expired, the navy stated, because the warfare resumed in full drive.

Air strikes hit the south of the besieged enclave, together with the group of Abasan east of the city of Khan Younis, Gaza’s inside ministry stated. One other air raid hit a house northwest of Gaza Metropolis.

Loud, steady explosions have been heard coming from throughout the Strip and black smoke billowed from the territory.

In Israel, sirens blared at three communal farms close to Gaza, warning of incoming rocket fireplace and suggesting that Hamas had additionally resumed its assaults.

The Israeli navy’s announcement of the renewed strikes got here solely half-hour after the short-term pause, which started on November 24, expired at 7am (05:00 GMT) on Friday.

At the least 21 Palestinians have been killed throughout Gaza within the first two hours after Israel’s military resumed its assaults, Gaza’s well being ministry stated.

This included two folks killed in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza; seven in Maghazi in central Gaza; one in Khan Younis; two in Hamad city; and 9 in Rafah, all within the southern Gaza Strip.

Most of Gaza’s inhabitants of two.3 million is now crammed into the south with no exit after Israel instructed lots of of hundreds to evacuate the north throughout its preliminary bombardment. This raises questions over how an Israeli offensive in southern Gaza can keep away from heavy civilian casualties.

Since Israel’s warfare on Gaza started on October 7, at the least 15,000 Palestinians, together with greater than 6,000 kids, have been killed.