Gaza authorities say dozens killed as Israel strikes across territory

Palestinians make their way over the dirty of rubble, past destroyed buildings after the Israeli military withdrew following a two-week offensive from the Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City on July 11, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant Hamas group.

Israeli strikes killed another 32 people in the Gaza Strip, the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory said Friday, more than nine months into Hamas's war with Israel.

Fighting raged from the north to the south of the coastal territory as talks have continued towards reaching a truce and hostage-release deal.

In a brief statement, Gaza's health ministry said "32 martyrs, a majority of them children and women, were taken to hospitals overnight, because of continued massacres" by Israeli forces.

Hamas media reported "more than 70 air strikes" in several parts of the territory. This included locations in Gaza City in the north, Nuseirat refugee camp in the centre, along with Khan Yunis and Rafah in the south, Hamas said.

Israel's military on Friday said troops are continuing operations in Rafah, near the Egyptian border.

On Thursday, around 60 bodies were found under the rubble of Gaza City's eastern Shujaiya neighbourhood, Gaza's Civil Defense agency said.

The discovery came after Israeli troops ended a two-week operation which Gaza's Civil Defense and residents said had left the area in ruins.

Civil Defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal said 85 percent of buildings are now uninhabitable and Shujaiya has been left a "disaster zone".

On Wednesday Israel's army called on all of Gaza City's residents to, for their safety, leave the area which they called "a dangerous combat zone".

The United Nations informed...