Israeli warplanes pounded the Gaza Strip last Friday after talks to extend a week-old truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas collapsed, wounding and killing more civilians and forcing hundreds to flee their homes.

The Israeli military said its ground forces were operating against Hamas across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, its clearest indication yet that a planned ground offensive in the enclave's heavily crowded south had begun as Israeli bombing killed and wounded dozens of Palestinians.

According to the health ministry in Gaza, at least 15,523 Palestinians have been killed and 41,316 others injured in the Gaza Strip from Israeli strikes since October 7.