The southern Gaza Strip came under intense Israeli bombardment overnight, despite international pressure for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory where famine is looming.
In central Gaza, Israeli military said it was continuing its attack on the Al-Shifa Hospital for a 10th day. Israeli forces have mposed a brutal siege on Gaza's largest medical centre, killing a number of civilians, including at least 13 children, according to the Euro-Med monitor.
Besieged Gaza is in desperate need of aid, and the United States said it would continue airdrops despite pleas from Hamas to stop the practice after the group said 18 people had died trying to reach food packages.
A fireball lit up the night sky in the southern city of Rafah, the last remaining urban centre in Gaza not to have been attacked by Israeli ground forces. About 1.5 million people are crammed in the area, many having fled south towards the border with Egypt.