Israel has increased its attacks overnight and claims it had killed “dozens” in and around Gaza City, but the Palestinian health ministry says more than 260 people had died in 24 hours.

According to agencies, the scale of the bombing has left basic systems unable to function, with the UN reporting dozens of unidentified bodies were buried in a mass grave in Gaza City because cold storage had run out.

At least 1,873 of the around 4,741 Palestinians killed in the past fortnight were children. An additional 15,898 people are among the injured.

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