Residents of south Gaza city say Israeli strikes heaviest since start of war

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Israel’s renewed bombardment of Gaza is continuing for a second day, as the military warns civilians in some areas to evacuate.

Residents of Khan Younis say the southern city has experienced its heaviest bombardment since the start of the war.

Aid trucks have been allowed into Gaza from Egypt for the first time since the ceasefire fell apart on Friday.

Israel says it has pulled its negotiating team out of Qatar, which was mediating talks over a further pause in the fighting.

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 193 people have been killed since the bombing restarted; the Israeli military says it’s struck 400 targets across the Strip.

Sirens were also heard in parts of Israel on Friday and Saturday, with rockets fired from Gaza intercepted.

The Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October killed 1,200 people, with around 240 others taken hostage.

Since then, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says more than 15,000 people have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory campaign, including about 6,000 children.__bbc