The Gaza health ministry said at least 193 Palestinians had been killed since the weeklong truce ended on Friday, adding to the more than 15,000 Palestinian dead since the start of the crisis.

Robert Mardini, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, told Reuters the renewed fighting was “a new layer of destruction coming on top of massive, unparalleled destruction”.

Gaza health officials said that in addition to the death toll, 650 people had been wounded since the truce collapsed.

The Palestinian News Agency quoted local sources as saying warplanes bombed two homes in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 13 people. Gaza health officials said three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on a house in Rafah.