Palestinians make their way over the dirty rubble, past destroyed buildings after the Israeli military withdrew following a two-week offensive from the Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City on July 11, 2024. AFP
Fighting raged from the north to the south of the coastal territory as talks continued towards reaching a truce and captive-release deal.
In a brief statement, the health ministry said "32 martyrs, a majority of them children and women, were taken to hospitals overnight, because of continued massacres" by Israeli forces.
Hamas reported "more than 70 air strikes" in several parts of Gaza. This included locations in Gaza City in the north, Nuseirat refugee camp in the centre, along with Khan Younis and Rafah in the south.
Israel's occupation army on Friday said troops are continuing operations in Rafah, near the Egyptian border.
In central Gaza, occupation troops killed an unspecified number of resistance fighters, an Israeli statement claimed. Such information could not be verified.
In far-northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, Israeli aircraft struck targets in an area from which projectiles were fired into southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli army added.
Also on Thursday, around 60 bodies were found under the rubble of Gaza City's eastern Shujaiya neighbourhood, Gaza's Civil Defence agency said.
The discovery came after Israeli troops ended a two-week invasion which left the area in ruins.
Civil Defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said 85 per cent of buildings are now uninhabitable and Shujaiya has been left a "disaster zone".
On Wednesday Israel's army called on all of Gaza City's residents to, for their safety, leave the area which they called "a dangerous combat zone".
The United Nations said up to 350,000 people had been staying in the city.
* This story has been edited by Ahram Online.
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