Palestinians try to recover a body from the rubble of a house destroyed in an overnight Israeli strike, in Gaza City, on October 29th. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty
Israeli air strikes on Gaza overnight killed at least 104 Palestinians, including children, in what appeared to be the gravest challenge yet to the increasingly fragile US-brokered ceasefire and the deadliest day since the truce began.
The strikes, one of the bloodiest attacks in the two-year war, killed at least 35 children and injured 200 people, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency. They took place hours after US president Donald Trump said nothing would jeopardise the ceasefire agreement he had helped broker.
Dr Mohammed al-Mughir, the director of humanitarian suppo
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