At least 22 children were killed in Gaza overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday in a punishing series of Israeli airstrikes on homes in northern Gaza.

Israel struck a hospital in Gaza early Tuesday, a day after briefly pausing military activity for the release of Israeli-American Edan Alexander by Hamas.

The strikes hit the European Hospital complex in Gaza, with reports suggesting Israel was trying to kill a high-level Hamas target.

Heavy Israeli bombardment killed at least 60 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in early morning strikes on Wednesday, according to local reports. A series of simultaneous air strikes pounded four residential areas in northern Gaza, concentrated in various parts of Jabalia refugee camp and its surroundings.

One in five people in the Gaza Strip are facing starvation as the entire territory edges closer to famine, a new United Nations-backed report warns, after nearly three months of Israel’s blockade of critically needed humanitarian aid.

An Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed a well-known Palestinian journalist whom it accused of working with Hamas and was recovering in hospital from an earlier strike, the territory's health ministry said.

Lana Hassan, 11, lost her right leg when an Israeli airstrike hit her neighborhood in Gaza. After 18 surgeries, she arrived in South Florida to receive further medical treatment and rehabilitation, thanks to a U.

Israel has targeted Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in a strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday evening, according to a senior Israeli official and two sources familiar with the matter.

The United Nations’ top humanitarian official blasted Israel for “deliberately and unashamedly” imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians that include the risk of famine.