Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 31 people on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the highest day’s death toll in over two months.
The reported toll includes six children, the ministry said, while a further 30 people have been injured, including some in critical condition.
The latest deaths come despite a ceasefire that went into effect in mid-October and pushed the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza since the ceasefire to more than 500.
About a quarter of the bodies recovered comprised children, and a third were women, Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defense, an emergency response organization, said.
An elderly man and four female police officers were also among the dead.
Some people were trapped under the rubble as Israeli strikes targeted shelters, tents for displaced people, residential apartments and a police station, the spokesperson, Basal, said.
The director of Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in Gaza, Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya told CNN that the number of dead is expected to rise due to the amount of critically injured people arriving at hospitals.
