At least 404 Palestinians were killed and 562 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, breaking a ceasefire that had lasted nearly two months, the Health Ministry said.
“Many victims are still under the rubble, and efforts are underway to recover them,” the ministry added in a statement, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
The Israeli army said early on Tuesday that it had conducted airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, the largest since the ceasefire with the Palestinian group Hamas took effect on Jan 19.
The Gaza Government Media Office said entire families were among the victims killed in the Israeli attacks, noting that ambulances and civil defence teams were unable to bring all victims to hospitals.
"These brutal massacres confirm once again that the Israeli occupation army only knows the language of killing, destruction, and genocide," the statement said.
It added that the resumption of massacres in Gaza coincides with the ongoing suffocating siege imposed on the territory and the complete closure of crossings, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis and depriving over 2.4 million Palestinians of basic necessities.
The media office urged the international community, including the UN Security Council and rights groups, to break the state of inaction and take immediate action to end the massacres in Gaza.