Hamas called Saturday's strikes "a renewed flagrant violation" and urged the United States and other mediating countries to push Israel to stop the strikes.

A Gaza doctor who slammed Israel in a pair of New York Times op-eds is a colonel with terror group Hamas, according to an Israeli watchdog group and the Israeli Defense Forces. Hussam Abu Safyia was photographed wearing a Hamas camo military uniform while at a gathering of Hamas elites to celebrate the completion of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in 2016,

A Gaza Health Ministry official says Israel has turned over the bodies of 15 Palestinians just days after recovering the remains of the last Israeli hostage.

In a joint statement, foreign ministers from eight Muslim countries blamed Israel for ceasefire violations in Gaza, citing continued military operations since the truce began. Israel’s military operations in Gaza are to blame for the breakdown in the ceasefire brokered by the United States,

With all Israeli hostages now recovered from Gaza, there's a push for the Israel-Hamas peace plan to move to phase-two, but that brings its own challenges.

Another allegation raised by NGO Monitor involved Ahmed al-Kahlout, a hospital director and Hamas officer, according to Vincent Chebat, a senior researcher at NGO Monitor. Chebat told The Media Line that a Facebook post pictured al-Kahlout alongside other Hamas officials, including Safiya.

Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire aimed at stopping the fighting.

Israel carried out its heaviest airstrikes in Gaza in weeks on Saturday, killing over two dozen people including three children in attacks on a police station, houses and tents, Palestinian health officials said.