Sharjah24 - AFP: As mediators reported they were getting closer to an agreement to release some of the 240 hostages held by Hamas terrorists, Israeli troops were "expanding" their operation in the Gaza Strip on Monday.
Israel has warned residents of Gaza's largest refugee camp Jabalia and a nearby coastal camp to evacuate, as the military said Sunday it was "expanding its operational activities in additional neighbourhoods... of the Gaza Strip."
After intense bombardment, a journalist in Gaza saw columns of smoke rising from Jabalia on Sunday.
A Hamas health official said more than 80 people were killed in twin strikes on Jabalia on Saturday, including on a UN school sheltering displaced people.
Social media videos showed bodies covered in blood and dust on the floor of a building, where mattresses had been wedged under school tables.
Israel's military has said Jabalia is among the areas of focus as they "target terrorists and strike Hamas infrastructure".
Without mentioning the strikes, the Israeli army said "an incident in the Jabalia region" was under review.
UN rights chief Volker Turk on Sunday condemned the purported strike on the school as "horrifying", adding that "the horrendous events of the past 48 hours in Gaza beggar belief."
On Monday, Palestinian news agency Wafa said the Indonesian hospital near Jabalia had also come under shelling.
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