Gaza's civil defence agency said Wednesday that overnight air strikes killed at least 50 people in the Palestinian territory, as the Israeli military hit a string of targets after an attack that left a soldier dead.

Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal called the strikes "a clear and flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement", though US President Donald Trump insisted during a trip to Asia that "nothing" would jeopardise the truce he helped broker.

The civil defence, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas authority, said 22 children were among those killed, as well as women and the elderly, and that around 200 people were wounded.

"The Israeli strikes targeted tents for displaced people, homes and the vicinity of a hospital in the Strip," Bassal told AFP.

Israel began carrying out

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