At least 100 killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp, say Hamas health officials
Israel faces intensified pressure from the international community to reduce civilian harm in Gaza, while a vote on a ceasefire has been put on hold reportedly due to the US, Rachel Younger and Dan Rivers report
An airstrike on north Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp has killed at least 110 people and injured more, said the Hamas-run health ministry.
According to Dr Munir Al-Bursh, director-general of the Ministry of Health, many are still trapped under rubble after Israel's Sunday morning bombardment on residential buildings in the camp.
He told CNN said the strike hit a family home, which had been housing displaced people.
“The majority of the casualties are women and children," he said.
“The bodies and injuries are still coming to our medical point which is the only medical field point for entire northern Gaza.”
It comes as Telecom services in Gaza gradually resumed following a communication blackout.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported the blackout has lasted four days - the longest the besieged territory has suffered since the conflict escalated on October 7 when Hamas attacked Israel.
Nearly 19,500 have been killed in Gaza since fighting began, according to the Hamas-led health ministry.
US ship responds to distress call following Houthi-claimed attack on commercial ship in Red Sea
A Cayman Islands-flagged tanker has been attacked in a crucial shipping route off Yemen, a US military official said on Monday.
The attack that targeted the Swan Atlantic, a chemical and oil products carrier, is the latest in a series of assaults on vessels in the Red Sea and its strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The attacks have been claimed by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, who say they are targeting vessels linked to Israel in support of Palestinian militants.
The US official said the vessel was attacked by multiple projectiles at about 9 am local time.
The USS Carney, a US warship which provides security to ships in the area, responded to the incident, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the attack.
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors Mideast shipping lanes, also reported an incident in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, off Yemen’s port of Mocha, and warned vessels in the area to exercise caution.
It reported “a possible explosion in the water" about two nautical miles from the vessel. The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the assault.
Israel's closest allies call for ceasefire
Over the weekend, the UK, France and Germany - some of Israel's closest allies - joined global calls for a ceasefire and Israeli protesters have demanded the government relaunch talks with Hamas on releasing more hostages after three were mistakenly shot dead by Israeli troops while waving a white flag.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was expected to press Israel to wind down major combat operations in Gaza during a visit on Monday.
Washington is expressing growing unease over civilian casualties even as it provides vital military and diplomatic support to Israel.
The US has vetoed international calls for a ceasefire and rushed munitions to its close ally while pressing it to take greater steps to avoid harming civilians.
Mr Austin is instead expected to press Israeli leaders to transition to a more precise phase, with targeted operations aimed at killing Hamas leaders, destroying tunnels and rescuing hostages.
UK Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock both called for a "sustainable" ceasefire, saying too many civilians have been killed.
Hamas has said no more hostages will be released until the war ends, and that in exchange it will demand the release of large numbers of Palestinian prisoners, including high-profile militants.
Patients die in Israeli raids on Gaza hospitals
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it was “appalled” by an Israeli raid on northern Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital over the last several days.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at least eight patients had died, including a nine-year-old, and that several had fled on foot because ambulances could not reach the facility.
It is one of just a few hospitals in Gaza that are still operating after heavy fighting around them has forced most to be out of service, while a lack of energy means many are out of power.
The Israeli military said troops operating “in the area of the hospital” had detained dozens of suspected militants, some of whom had taken part in the October 7 attack, and had seized “numerous” weapons.
It said the hospital had been used as a command centre by Hamas, without providing evidence.
Elsewhere, in the southern city of Khan Younis, a young girl was killed after a shell struck the pediatric ward of a hospital late on Sunday, said Dr Mohammed Abu Lihia, who works in the emergency department.
Footage shared by Gaza’s Health Ministry showed a burst ceiling and wall in the Mubarak Hospital for Children and Maternity in the Nasser Hospital complex with bloodstains near children’s cots and cribs on the third floor.
The doctor said he helped three others, two older adults and a child, escape the hospital.
A videographer filming for The Associated Press said at least five people, including children, were wounded. The Israeli military didn't immediately comment.
Israel accuses Hamas militants of sheltering in health facilities and has provided evidence in some cases.
Gaza health officials deny the allegations and say the army has recklessly endangered civilians.
Three Israeli hostages, Alon Shamriz, Samer Al-Talalka and Yotam Haim, were mistakenly killed by the IDF during a ground operation in Gaza, as ITV News' Sejal Karia reports
Hostages mistakenly shot by Israeli troops
Alon Shamriz, 26, Samer Al-Talalka, 25, and Yotam Haim, 26, were killed on Friday in the Gaza City neighbourhood of Shijaiyah, after Israeli troops incorrectly identified them as a threat.
The military is investigating the incident and believes they had either escaped their captors or been abandoned when they were shot.
It was Israel's first such acknowledgement of harming hostages in a war that it says is largely aimed at rescuing them.
On Sunday, the IDF released photos of the signs that the three men used to call for help, apparently using leftover food. One read "SOS" and the other, "Help, 3 hostages".
The killings have led to protests in the streets of Tel Aviv, with demonstrators calling on the Israeli government to get back onto the negotiating table to secure the release of remaining hostages.
Anger is mounting over the decision by Benjamin Netanyahu's government to hold off from a second round of hostage negotiations, with demonstrators in Tel Aviv shouting: "Their time is running out! Bring them home now."
Mr Netanyahu said in a nationwide address that the hostages' deaths “broke my heart, broke the entire nation’s heart,” but indicated no change in Israel’s military campaign.
“We are as committed as ever to continue until the end, until we dismantle Hamas, until we return all our hostages,” he said.
“Along with all the people of Israel, I bow my head with deep sorrow and mourn the death of three of our dear sons who were kidnapped, among them are Yotam Haim and Samer Fouad Al-Talalka,” he said on X, formerly Twitter.
More than 240 people had been taken captive by Hamas fighters when the Islamist group launched its October 7 attack on Israel, killing around 1,200 people.
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