The health ministry in Gaza said 32 people have been killed in the initial hours after a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas expired and hostilities resumed.

Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP the dead included 10 people killed in al-Maghazi in central Gaza, nine in Rafah in the south, and five in Gaza City in the north, following expiring of the truce at 7:00 am local time (0500 GMT).