While Palestinian organizations fired rockets in succession and air strikes hit militant targets in Gaza, Israel and Hamas dismissed calls from around the world to extend the ceasefire that had expired on Saturday.
Over the northern region of the Palestinian territory, smoke once more obscured the sky. The Hamas government reported that since the cease-fire early on Friday and fighting had restarted, 240 people had died.
In Israel, the military’s Home Front Command reported 40 missile alerts in the south and centre of the country, and the Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad announced “rocket barrages” against multiple Israeli cities and towns including Tel Aviv.
“Over 250 rockets have been fired at Israel since Friday morning,” Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner told reporters. “The vast majority of those have not been successful in reaching their destination. Each one of those, obviously, is intended to kill Israelis.”
According to the United Nations, an estimated 1.7 million people in Gaza more than two-thirds of the population — have been displaced by eight weeks of war.
