At least 104 Palestinians, including 46 children, were killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Tuesday, BBC quoted the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry as saying.

The health ministry said that more than 250 others were injured.

The strikes took place despite a United States-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. Both sides have accused each other of violating the truce.

Earlier on Wednesday, Palestinian Civil Defence Spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal described the situation as “catastrophic and terrifying” and the attacks as “a clear and flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement”, AFP reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that after security consultations, he had ordered the military to carry out “

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