ReutersHamas-Operating the Health Ministry said at least 81 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes between 24 hours and noon on Saturday, and more than 400 people died in Israeli strikes.
Staff and witnesses at Al-Shifa Hospital told news agencies that at least 11 people, including children, were killed after a strike near a stadium in Gaza. The stadium is used to accommodate displaced persons living in tents.
BBC-verified video shows people digging bodies in the sand with naked hands and spades in search of bodies.
The BBC has contacted the Israeli military for comment.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump said he hopes to agree to a ceasefire next week.
The Kathari mediator said they hope U.S. pressure can reach a deal as a truce between Israel and Iran ended the 12-day conflict between the two countries.
A two-month ceasefire collapsed in March when Israel launched a new strike in Gaza. The ceasefire transaction, which began on January 19, has three stages, but does not surpass the first stage.
The second phase includes the establishment of a permanent ceasefire, the return of the remaining hostages in Gaza in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the complete evacuation of Israeli forces from Gaza.
On Thursday, senior Hamas officials told BBC mediators stepped up their efforts to launch a new ceasefire and hostage release agreement in Gaza, but negotiations with Israel remained stagnant.
A rally was organized in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to demand a deal to release Hamas’ remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza. “The fight is now over and everyone is brought home,” the organizer said.
Meanwhile, Israeli attacks in Gaza continue. Hospital staff and witnesses said at least 11 people were killed on Friday night at a strike near the Palestinian Stadium in Gaza.
One witness said they sat when they “suddenly heard a huge explosion” after the road hit the road.
“This area is full of tents – now the tent is under the sand. We spent hours digging with exposed hands for hours.”
He said, “There are no people who want it here, and no terrorists (Israels) claiming… (There are) only civilian residents, no children with pity.”
The BBC verified the videotape, showing civilians and emergency services digging bodies with their hands and spades in search of them.
Reuters14 more people were reportedly killed, some of them children, who were struck in strikes in the apartment block and tents in the Al-Mawasi area.
Relatives told the Associated Press that Almavassi’s strike killed three children and their parents, who died while they were asleep.
“What did these kids do to them? What was their fault?” Suad Abu Teima, the children’s grandmother, told the news agency.
Hundreds of displaced civilians were reportedly assassinated there after airstrikes in the Tuffah community near Jaffa School, reportedly killed on Saturday afternoon.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the strike killed at least eight people, including five children.
Mohammed Haboub, a witness, told Reuters that his nephew, father and neighbor’s children were killed during a strike.
“We have no action on them, why do they hurt us? Did we hurt them? We are civilians,” he told the news agency.
The Ministry of Health said ambulances and civil defense personnel face difficulties with rubble and many victims on the road due to the impossibility in certain areas of affected areas.
The IDF has not commented on the strikes reported.
The IDF issued a statement on Saturday night saying the statement had killed Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa, a senior figure in the Hamas military division, in the Sabra area of Gaza City on Friday.
The Israeli military launched a bombing of Gaza on Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, with about 1,200 people killed and another 251 were taken hostage.
More than 56,000 people have been killed above Gaza since then, according to the Hamas-Operation Ministry of Operations.
