Reuters. Mourners gathered to bid farewell to Palestinian victims killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza City on Tuesday (March 18), as bodies were laid out on the ground at Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital.
The aftermath of the Israeli strikes on Gaza has left widespread destruction, with buildings damaged and debris scattered across the area.
Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza on early Tuesday killing at least 200 people, Palestinian health authorities said, and threatening a complete collapse of a two-month ceasefire as Israel vowed to use force to free its remaining hostages in the strip.
Strikes were reported in multiple locations. Palestinian health ministry officials said many of the dead were children.
Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he had instructed the military to take "strong action" against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza in response to the group's refusal to release hostages and rejection of ceasefire proposals.
Hamas, meanwhile, accused Israel of overturning the hard-fought ceasefire deal, leaving the fate of 59 hostages still held in Gaza uncertain.
