ISRAEL is expanding its killings into Palestinian refugee camps in central Gaza, as it warns the war with Hamas will last for months.
The UN has expressed grave concern after Israeli strikes reportedly killed dozens of people in Bureij, Nuseirat and Maghazi camps in recent days.
Heavy fighting is also continuing to the south, in the city of Khan Younis.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian president has described what is happening in Gaza as “beyond a war of annihilation”.
The health ministry has said at least 195 people have been killed across the territory over the past 24 hours.
More than 21,100 have been killed – mostly children and women – during 11 weeks of fighting, according to the ministry.
Palestinian media cited local officials and witnesses as saying dozens of civilians were killed as Israel kept up its strikes across Gaza overnight.
Heavy bombardment was reported in the Middle Area, particularly in Bureij, Maghazi and Nuseirat camps.
In Nuseirat, Israeli warplanes targeted the homes of the Nasser and Hazouqi families, killing a number of people and wounding dozens more, according to the official Wafa news agency.
