The Israeli military on Thursday expanded ground operations across the Gaza Strip, amid a growing civilian death toll from the resumption of bombarding the enclave this week.
The renewed offensive has drawn widespread condemnation and shattered a relative calm in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory where a ceasefire began on 19 January. Talks on extending the truce reached an impasse, and Israel resumed intensive bombing of Gaza on Tuesday.
Late Thursday the military said troops had begun "conducting ground activity" in the Shabura area of Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city near the Egyptian border.
Gaza's civil defence agency said 504 people had been killed since Tuesday, including more than 190 under the age of 18. The toll is among the highest since the war started in October 2023.
US President Donald Trump "fully supports" Israel's renewed Gaza operations, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters when asked if he was trying to get a Gaza ceasefire back on track.
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