JERUSALEM: The Israeli navy stated it hit targets throughout Gaza early on Tuesday (Mar 18), ending a weeks-long standoff over extending the ceasefire that halted preventing in January, with Palestinian well being authorities reporting at the least 200 lifeless.
Strikes had been reported in a number of areas, together with northern Gaza, Gaza Metropolis and the Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis in addition to Rafah in central and southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian well being ministry officers stated lots of the lifeless had been youngsters.
The navy, which stated it hit dozens of targets, stated the strikes would proceed for so long as obligatory and prolong past air strikes.
The assaults had been far wider in scale than the common collection of drone strikes the Israeli navy has stated it has carried out towards people or small teams of suspected militants and observe weeks of failed efforts to agree an extension to the truce agreed on Jan 19.
In hospitals strained by 15 months of bombardment, piles of our bodies in white plastic sheets smeared with blood may very well be seen stacked up as casualties had been introduced in.
The Palestinian Crimson Crescent stated its groups handled 86 killed and 134 wounded, however others had been dropped at overwhelmed hospitals by non-public vehicles.
Officers from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Al-Aqsa Hospital within the central Gaza Strip and Al-Ahly Hospital in Gaza Metropolis, which have all been extensively broken within the battle, stated that altogether they’d obtained round 85 lifeless. Authorities additionally reported individually that 16 members of 1 household in Rafah, in southern Gaza had been killed.
A spokesperson for the Gaza well being ministry stated the demise toll was at the least 200.
