Nearly 100 people, including children, have been killed in a large-scale Israeli ground air and sea attack launched early Friday in north Gaza, the Hamas-run civil defence and residents have said.
The civil defence said at least in nine homes and tents housing civilians had been bombed overnight and it had received dozens of calls from people trapped. Witnesses also reported smoke bombs, artillery, shelling and tanks.
Israel's military said it was operating to locate and dismantle terrorist infrastructure sites in North Gaza and had eliminated several terrorists over the past day.