A man carries the body of a Palestinian child killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building, in Gaza: Reuters
A man carries the body of a Palestinian child killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building, in Gaza: Reuters
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Doctors in Gaza described scenes of “Armageddon” as they struggled to tend to hundreds of dead and wounded, including children with severed limbs, as Israel launched some of its deadliest-ever strikes, shattering the relative calm of a ceasefire.
The ferocious bombardment came after Israel had imposed a two-week blockade on aid, supplies, and electricity, crippling the emergency responses. It pounded swathes of the strip early Tuesday morning, bringing an already struggling healthcare system to its knees. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the strikes because of Hamas’s rejection of a new ceasefire proposal.