The health ministry in Gaza has reported that more than 60 martyrs and dozens more were wounded, in what was described as intense Israeli strikes and artillery fire across the enclave, AFP reports.

The government media office said two hospitals, a girls’ school and dozens of homes were hit overnight.

Hospitals in Gaza have been hit repeatedly since the war erupted, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) says most of them are no longer functioning.

The latest strikes hit the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, as well as areas around Gaza City, the media office said.

“There’s no food, no water, no heating. We are dying from the cold,” said Mohammad Kahil, displaced from northern Gaza to Rafah, on the southern border with Egypt.

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