At least 19 Palestinians were killed on Saturday in a new wave of Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, including 11 around the southern city of Khan Younis alone, Al-Jazeera reported.
More than 90 people have been killed in the last 48 hours, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, as Israel ramps up its brutal attacks.
Three separate raids on tents west of Khan Younis on Saturday led to the killings of five people in one tent and four in another tent.
Two Palestinians were killed in a third attack in the area, with 20 more, including 15 children, injured.
Israeli forces also killed four people, including two children, in a strike on a displacement tent sheltering Palestinian civilians in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis on Friday.
Israel has repeatedly been targeting this area, despite the Israeli military previously designating it as a 'safe zone'. Thousands of Palestinian civilians are sheltering in a densely populated camp in the area, exposed to the deadly Israeli strikes.
Gaza’s authorities reported that Israeli missiles struck several tents housing displaced families in the area on Thursday night, killing dozens.
The United Nations has reported that around half a million Palestinians have been displaced since the Israeli offensive resumed, triggering what it describes as the most severe humanitarian crisis since the war began in October 2023.
Al Jazeera also reported that four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya - while two more were killed during two separate Israeli raids in central areas of Gaza.
The Israeli military broke a ceasefire last month and resumed indiscriminate attacks on the territory, killing nearly 1,700 people since then.
Israeli forces have also launched renewed ground attacks from both the north and south, seizing control of nearly a third of the territory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced he would deliver a special statement on Saturday evening, though no further details were provided.
Egyptian mediators have been working to revive the January ceasefire agreement. However, there has been little sign of progress on key points of contention between the two sides.
Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya stated that the group is prepared to exchange all remaining 59 hostages for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, in return for a complete end to the war and the reconstruction of Gaza.
He rejected Israel’s latest proposal – which includes a demand for Hamas to disarm- describing it as an attempt to impose “impossible conditions”.
More than 51,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023 during Israel’s relentless assault, with the majority of victims being women and children.
Thousands more uncounted victims are believed to be trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings.