Israeli airstrikes kill at least 30 in Gaza

Israel has pounded Gaza with some of its most intense airstrikes since the October ceasefire, killing more than 30 people including three girls from one family.

Israeli military said it was responding to a breach of the ceasefire the previous day when they identified eight gunmen emerging from a tunnel in Rafah, an area controlled by Israeli forces.

Rubble and debris in the streets of Gaza City. The aftermath of an Israeli attack Saturday which hospitals say killed at least 30 Palestinians, one of the highest tolls since the October agreement aimed at stopping the fighting. The strikes hit locations in northern and southern Gaza, including an apartment building in Gaza City, and this tent city in Khan Younis.

This man is a relative of some of the victims killed. Samir Al-Atbash said, "I was shocked when they called to tell me that my nieces, my aunt, and my cousin had all been killed. We were stunned by the news this morning. How and why, we don't know. We are civilians, we have no connection to Hamas or Fatah.."

Israeli military said it was targeting commanders, weapon caches and manufacturing sites belonging to Palestinian militant group Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad.

Hamas, which retains control of just under half of Gaza where nearly all its more than two million residents live mainly in makeshift tents and damaged buildings, said Israel had violated the truce. It did not say whether any of its members or sites were struck in Saturday's attacks.

On Sunday, Israel is due to reopen the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt under President Trump's plan to end the war.