The blockade of Gaza has devastated the local economy leading to massive unemployment, says the UN.
The latest incident comes a week after Israel had carried out a similar strike with fighter planes, helicopters and tanks, hitting what the army said were Hamas targets in response rockets launched from Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military says it has bombed Hamas positions in eastern Gaza in response to what it said was rocket attacks launched from the area.
UN's relief agency for Palestine refugees says it's confident US President-elect Joe Biden will restore "humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people" cut by Trump administration.
No casualties were reported in the latest assault on the enclave.
Palestinian Maher al Akhras began a hunger strike 79 days ago against his detention without charge by Israel. Human rights groups say Israeli administrative detention violates the right to due process.
New Israeli measures aim to stop the spread of the coronavirus as the country reached more than 175,000 cases since the outbreak began, including at least 1,169 deaths.
The Abraham Accords have been signed but if the deaths of over 3,500 Palestinians in Netanyahu’s tenure are anything to go by, peace will not be extended to those under occupation.
Hamas has warned Israel it would face a military escalation after its warplanes bombed the Gaza Strip following rocket fire from the Palestinian territory coinciding with the signing of Israel, the UAE and Bahrain normalisation deals.
New policy would see Israel not return bodies of any Palestinian killed during or as a result of attack on Israel, a decision rights groups call "extreme, barbaric" and "illegal".
In terms of practical influence on the ground in Palestine, Qatar has become one of the major players in ensuring relative calm between Palestinian factions and Israel.
Gaza, often described as one of the world's most densely populated regions and an open air prison, may have hit a new low with Israel's most recent subjugation campaign against it.
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