Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says toll from Israel strikes rises to 413

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Israeli strikes kill hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza within few hours

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Israel shatters truce in Gaza

UN chief 'shocked' by Israeli strikes on Gaza

Hamas: Head of government in Gaza killed in Israeli strike

Egypt and Türkiye condemn Israel resumption of Gaza aggression

Houthi media says new US strikes in Yemen

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Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says toll from Israel strikes rises to 413The health ministry in besieged Gaza said the death toll from Israel's most intense strikes on the Palestinian enclave since a January truce had risen to at least 413. "So far, 413 martyrs have arrived in hospitals in Gaza," a health ministry statement said, adding: "A number of victims are still under the rubble and work is underway to recover them."

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Iran condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza as 'continuation of genocide'Iran condemned Israel's wave of air strikes on Gaza, the deadliest since a truce took effect in January. In a statement, foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei called the strikes a "continuation of the genocide and ethnic cleansing" in the Palestinian territories, and accused the United States of "direct responsibility" in the attack.

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EU aid chief says renewed escalation in Gaza 'must stop'The EU's aid commissioner called for an immediate end to the renewed violence in Gaza, after Israel unleashed its most intense strikes since a ceasefire. "The renewed escalation in Gaza is devastating. Civilians have endured unimaginable suffering. This must stop," commissioner Hadja Lahbib wrote on X, saying "it is imperative to return to a ceasefire immediately".

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Hamas blames 'unlimited' US support for Israel for deadly Gaza strikesHamas said it blamed the US administration's "unlimited political and military support" for Israel for a deadly wave of air strikes in Gaza. "With its unlimited political and military support for the occupation (Israel), Washington bears full responsibility for the massacres and the killing of women and children in Gaza," Hamas said in a statement.

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UN chief 'shocked' by Israeli strikes on GazaUN chief Antonio Guterres is "shocked" by Israel's renewed air strikes on Gaza and urged that a ceasefire be respected, a United Nations spokesman said. "The secretary-general is shocked by the Israeli air strikes in Gaza... he strongly appeals for the ceasefire to be respected, for unimpeded humanitarian assistance to be re-established, and for the remaining hostages to be released unconditionally," UN spokesman Rolando Gomez told a media briefing.

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Red Cross says Gaza medical facilities 'overwhelmed' after Israeli strikesThe Red Cross said many medical facilities in Gaza were "overwhelmed" after Israel unleashed its most intense strikes on the Palestinian territory since a ceasefire was struck. "What we heard from Palestine Crescent colleagues this morning is that many medical facilities are literally overwhelmed across Gaza," Tommaso Della Longa, spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said at a briefing in Geneva.

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Egypt condemns Israel resumption of Gaza strikesThe Egyptian foreign ministry condemned Israel's deadly overnight air strikes on Gaza, calling them a "flagrant violation" of the ceasefire that took effect on January 19. The strikes constitute a "dangerous escalation which threatens to have bring serious consequences for the stability of the region", said the statement from Egypt, which brokered the Gaza ceasefire alongside Qatar and the United States.

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Hamas says head of Palestinian government in Gaza killed in Israeli strikeHamas named the head of its government in Gaza, Essam al-Dalis, among a list of officials it said were killed in a wave of Israeli strikes on the Palestinian besieged enclave. "These leaders, along with their families, were martyred after being directly targeted by the Zionist occupation forces' aircraft," said the Hamas statement, which also named interior ministry head Mahmud Abu Watfa and Bahjat Abu Sultan, director-general of the internal security service, among those killed.

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Israel is ramping up annexation of West Bank, UN rights chief saysIsrael has significantly expanded and consolidated settlements in the occupied West Bank as part of the annexation of these territories into the State of Israel, in breach of international law, the UN human rights office said. The report to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council later this month comes amid growing fears of annexation amid US policy shifts under President Donald Trump and new settler outposts in areas of Palestine's West Bank.

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UN rights chief 'horrified' by Israeli air strikes on GazaThe UN human rights chief said he was horrified by Israeli strikes on Gaza which Palestinian authorities say have killed hundreds, collapsing a two-month ceasefire with Hamas. "I am horrified by last night's Israeli air strikes and shelling in Gaza, which killed hundreds, according to the Ministry of Health in the enclave. This will add tragedy onto tragedy," said High Commissioner Volker Turk in a statement.

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