Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours killed at least 38 people in Gaza, including children, local health officials said Sunday, with no data available for a second straight day from now-inaccessible hospitals in the north.

The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza says the war's death toll has risen to 53,901 since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel that sparked 19 months of fighting.

Israeli strikes have pounded the Gaza Strip, killing dozens, including people in a school-turned-shelter that was hit as people slept.

Israel's military has ordered the evacuations, saying its ultimate aim is to capture 75% of the territory, send civilians to a zone in the south secured by its forces, and defeat the Palestinian militant group Hamas after more than a year and a half of war.

Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours have killed at least 38 people, including children.

Israel said the bombing of the airport, which was targeted for the second time this month, had destroyed the last plane used by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.

Newly freed Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander has provided new information about Zangauker, confirming that he is alive but suffering from significant weight loss, abdominal pain and mental distress.

Palestinian hospital officials say Israeli tanks and drones have attacked a hospital in northern Gaza overnight, igniting fires and causing extensive damage.

The Israeli military said the aid distribution was taking place in two sites in southern Gaza. The military released a video of one large empty site in a sandy desert area near the Mediterranean ...

By the time Dr. Alaa arrived at her home, emergency workers were pulling the charred bodies of her children out of the rubble. This is her brother-in-law, the uncle of her children, Ali al-Najjar, who also rushed to the scene.