Israel's army relentlessly hammered Gaza on Saturday after fierce overnight bombardment that rescuers said destroyed hundreds of buildings three weeks into a war sparked by the deadliest attack in the country's history.
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Israel to halt the attacks, while the families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas said they had been snubbed by the government when asking about their fate. Israel unleashed its bombing campaign after Hamas gunmen stormed across the Gaza border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and seizing more than 220 hostages, according to Israeli officials.
, said it has had to "significantly reduce its operations". Israel's military accused Hamas of using hospitals in Gaza as operations centers for directing attacks, an allegation Hamas denied. 'Stop this madness' "Israel must immediately stop this madness and end its attacks," Turkish President Erdogan wrote on X on Saturday, after the UN General Assembly called for an "immediate humanitarian truce" in Gaza.
chief Philippe Lazzarini said Gazans were "not only dying from bombs and strikes, soon many more will die from the consequences of siege". "These few trucks are nothing more than crumbs that will not make a difference." Violence has also risen sharply in the occupied West Bank since the October 7 attacks, with more than 100 Palestinians killed and nearly 2,000 wounded, according to the UN.
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