Gaza ceasefire talks resume as Israeli strike kills over 150

Israel and Hamas resumed ceasefire talks on Saturday in Qatar, both sides said, even as Israeli forces ramped up a bombing campaign that has killed hundreds of people over 72 hours, and mobilised for a massive new ground assault.

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More than 150 people had been killed in Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. It said more than 3,000 have been killed since Israel broke a January ceasefire on March 18.

On Saturday afternoon, an Israeli strike killed at least four children in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the north, according to Al Awda Hospital, which received the bodies. Seven others were wounded in the strike, which hit a house. A later strike in Jabaliya killed four, the hospital said.

An airstrike east of Deir Al Balah in central Gaza killed a woman and three children, with the bodies arriving at al-Aqsa hospital. Another strike in Deir Al Balah killed four people, including a woman.

Israel says it is mobilising to seize more ground in Gaza in a new campaign dubbed “Operation Gideon's Chariots,” which follows a visit this week to the Middle East by US President Donald Trump. It has halted all supplies entering Gaza since the start of March, leading to rising international concern over the plight of the enclave's 2.3 million residents.