Israel has carried out airstrikes on dozens of Hamas targets in Gaza over the last 24 hours, it said on Friday, in attacks that Palestinian health authorities said had killed more than 110 people in two days.
The surge in operations and casualties comes amid a renewed push to reach a ceasefire in the 15-month-old war and return Israeli hostages before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20.
Israeli mediators were dispatched to resume talks in Doha brokered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators and on Friday, US President Joe Biden's administration, which is helping to broker the talks, urged Hamas to agree to a deal. Hamas said it was committed to reaching an agreement but it was unclear how close the two sides were.
The Gaza health ministry said more than 40 people were killed on Friday after 71 were killed a day earlier including in Al-Mawasi, an area in central Gaza previously declared a humanitarian safe zone by Israeli authorities.
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