“It has been a devastating morning in Gaza as the Israeli military’s aerial and ground attacks have continued since the early hours,” Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Deir el-Balah, Gaza.

“It seems that Israel and Hamas are still locked in a prolonged war of attrition, and the Israeli airstrikes continue to overwhelm heavily built-up neighbourhoods.

“Last night, the Israeli military targeted a residential building in al-Bureij refugee camp, and earlier this morning, civil defence members managed to pull three Palestinians from the building who had been killed and were stuck under the rubble after long hours overnight,” he said.

In the early hours of this morning, there have been heavy bombardments on the eastern side of Deir el-Balah and on the city of Khan Younis.

“We also heard from Gaza’s health ministry of the killing of one Palestinian and the wounding of 11 others in an airstrike that took place overnight on a makeshift tent in the al-Mawasi area that has been designated as a safe humanitarian zone.”