GazaAt least 51 Palestinians were killed in a wave of Israeli air strikes on Gaza over the past 24 hours, as the war rages on despite reports of progress in long-running talks aimed at securing a ceasefire and the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Israel carried out air strikes on dozens of Hamas targets in Gaza over the past 24 hours, it said on Friday, in attacks that Palestinian health authorities said had killed nearly 100 people. The surge in operations and casualties comes amid a renewed push to reach a ceasefire agreement before U.

At least 19 Palestinians, including eight children, were killed in Israeli air strikes in southern Gaza overnight, local health officials say. A mother and her four children were reportedly killed when a tent camp for displaced people in al-Mawasi was hit, while another a couple and their children died in the nearby city of Khan Younis.