Israeli forces killed at least 47 Palestinians in the last 24 hours, with at least 20 of them targeted while waiting for aid, medical sources said, as a child died from severe malnutrition.
This comes as Gaza's health ministry confirmed that at least 450 people were killed and around 3,500 wounded by Israeli attacks since late May, as they were seeking emergency humanitarian aid.
The statement from the ministry added that most of those killed were near US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites.
Despite global condemnation of Israel's actions, forces continued to bombard various areas across the enclave, including tents for the displaced in Khan Younis.
Heavy Israeli strikes also targeted Jabalia al-Balad, located north of the Strip, where four civilians were killed.
Reports in local Palestinian media stated that three Palestinian brothers were among those killed in the latest strikes, specifying they were targeted as they attempted to go back and inspect the destruction done to their home in Beit Lahiya.
Rescue and civil defence crews said they had also recovered five bodies from under the rubble of a house bombed in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.
Partially functioning hospitals were left overwhelmed as medical sources said that at least 62 people had arrived at Al-Awda Hospital, noting they were in critical condition and needed to be transferred to hospitals in central Gaza for treatment.
A three-year-old child, identified as Hassan Barbakh, was also pronounced dead on Tuesday after suffering from severe malnutrition and other medical complications, including kidney leakage, an enlarged liver and a sharp rise in his blood acidity.
His remaining family, who blamed Israel for the enclave’s crumbling health infrastructure, said they had put in several urgent requests to have him transferred abroad for treatment, but did not hear back.
Barbakh's brother previously died from similar medical issues, while his father was killed in an Israeli strike.
Calls for a ceasefire
Meanwhile, the Al-Qassam Brigades announced they had killed three Israeli soldiers in a close-range engagement with them east of Jabalia. Israeli media reported a "serious incident" in north Gaza, adding that helicopters were deployed to transport wounded soldiers following the incident.
In Israel, the Forum of Families of Israeli Hostages demanded that the government take the opportunity of a ceasefire with Iran to strike a deal with Hamas that would ensure the release of captives held in Gaza.
In a statement on Tuesday, the group said: "After 12 days and nights where the people of Israel could not sleep because of Iran, we can now go back to not sleeping because of those kidnapped."
"It is inconceivable that Israel, after a successful operation in Iran, would again sink into the Gaza quagmire. Ending the military campaign in Iran without exploiting it to return all the kidnapped would constitute a grave political failure," the statement continued.
Israel’s opposition leader, too, called for an end to the war in the Strip following the announcement of the fragile Iran-Israel truce.
"And now Gaza. It’s time to finish it there too. Bring back the hostages, end the war," Yair Lapid posted on X.
The latest developments come as the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) raised the alarm over the lack of reliable energy sources in Gaza, adding that it could soon be a threat to survival in the enclave.
The organisation said Israel’s "deliberate denial of energy access," including fuel, "undermines fundamental human needs" in the Strip.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed over 61,700 Palestinians since October 2023. The war, described as genocide by leading rights groups including Amnesty International, has levelled entire neighbourhoods and plunged the Strip into a deep humanitarian crisis.