Deadly Israeli raids kill 104

Scores of Palestinian children killed in overnight bombing onslaught

- BY CHRIS HUGHES

HORROR A man brings an injured child to Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat refugee camp. RUINS A girl peers over the balcony of her bombed home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza. DESPAIR The body of a child is taken to a funeral service at Al Ahli Hospital

ISRAEL insists the Gaza ceasefire is still in place despite killing at least 104 people - almost half of them children - in an overnight bombing onslaught.

The raid was sparked by militants opening fire on Israeli troops and killing a soldier who also held US citizenship.

Israel blamed Hamas for the shooting but the terror group denied responsibility, in turn accusing Israel of breaking the October 10 deal.

The strikes on Gaza were ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire by delaying the release of hostages’ body parts.

That was compounded by the killing of an Israeli-US soldier in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza. US President Donald Trump defended the strikes, saying Israel was justified in taking action after the shooting.