The bodies of victims killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip are carried on stretchers at Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City ahead of their burial on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: The health ministry in Gaza said the death toll from Israel's most intense strikes on the territory since a January truce had risen to at least 413.
"So far, 413 martyrs have arrived in hospitals in the Gaza Strip," a health ministry statement said, adding: "A number of victims are still under the rubble and work is underway to recover them."
Israel on Tuesday unleashed its most intense strikes on the Gaza Strip since a January ceasefire, and Hamas accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of deciding to "resume war" after a deadlock on extending the truce.
AFP footage showed people rushing stretchers with injured people, including young children, to the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis. Bodies covered with white sheets were also taken to the hospital's mortuary.
