GAZA: Dozens of Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed 鈥渙nly women and children鈥� after a ceasefire collapsed, the UN said, as an Israeli attack in the territory鈥檚 south on Friday left a family of 10 dead.
A UN rights office report also warned that expanding Israeli evacuation orders were resulting in the 鈥渇orcible transfer鈥� of people into ever-shrinking areas, raising 鈥渞eal concern as to the future viability of Palestinians as a group in Gaza.鈥�
Israel鈥檚 military said it was looking into the attack that killed members of the same family in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, adding separately that it had struck approximately 40 鈥渢error targets鈥� across the territory over the past day.
Israel resumed its Gaza strikes on March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas.
Since then, more than 1,500 people have been killed, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory to which Israel cut off aid more than a month ago.
鈥淭en people, including seven children, were brought to the hospital as martyrs following an Israeli air strike that targeted the Farra family home in central Khan Yunis,鈥� civil defense spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told AFP.
AFP footage of the aftermath showed several bodies wrapped in white shrouds and blankets, and footage of the house showed mangled concrete slabs and twisted metal.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed denounced Israel, saying: 鈥淚f this is not barbarism, I ask you, what is it?鈥�
Early Friday, Israel鈥檚 military issued an evacuation warning to residents of several areas east of Gaza City ahead of a new offensive there.
The UN decried the impact of the ongoing Israeli strikes, finding that 鈥渁 large percentage of fatalities are children and women.鈥�
鈥淏etween 18 March and 9 April 2025, there were some 224 incidents of Israeli strikes on residential buildings and tents for internally displaced people,鈥� the UN human rights office said in Geneva.
鈥淚n some 36 strikes about which the UN Human Rights Office corroborated information, the fatalities recorded so far were only women and children.鈥�
Israel鈥檚 military has repeatedly said Palestinian militants often hide among civilians, a charge Hamas denies.
UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani also raised concerns over 鈥渢he denial of access to basic necessities within Gaza and the repeated suggestion that Gazans should leave the territory entirely.鈥�
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, after meeting regional counterparts in Turkiye, urged 鈥渕aximum pressure to ensure鈥� aid is delivered into Gaza.
The war broke out after Hamas鈥檚 October 7, 2023 attack on Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures.
Militants also took 251 hostages, 58 of whom are still held in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.
Gaza鈥檚 health ministry said Friday at least 1,542 Palestinians have been killed since March 18, taking the overall death toll since the war began to 50,912.

A truce brokered by the United States, Egypt and Qatar that took effect on January 19 and lasted until March 17 saw the return of 33 Israeli hostages, eight of them in coffins, in exchange for around 1,800 Palestinian prisoners.
In a Passover holiday message, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his pledge to bring the remaining captives home.
He spoke after US President Donald Trump suggested progress in hostage release talks, telling a cabinet meeting on Thursday that 鈥渨e鈥檙e getting close to getting them back.鈥�
Trump鈥檚 envoy Steve Witkoff was also quoted in an Israeli media report as saying 鈥渁 very serious deal is taking shape, it鈥檚 a matter of days.鈥�
Israeli media reported Friday that Egypt and Israel had exchanged draft documents on a ceasefire-hostage release deal.
The Times of Israel said Egypt鈥檚 proposal would mean eight living hostages and eight bodies released in exchange for a truce of between 40 and 70 days and a large number of Palestinian prisoner releases.
A senior Hamas leader who declined to be identified told journalists the group had 鈥渘ot received any new ceasefire offer.鈥�
鈥淭he movement is open to any new proposal that would achieve a ceasefire, withdraw the occupation鈥檚 forces, and end the suffering of the Palestinian people.鈥�
In his message for Passover 鈥� a holiday celebrating the biblical liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt 鈥� Netanyahu said that 鈥渢ogether we will return our hostages.鈥�
He has insisted that increased military pressure is the only way to get the captives home.