Israel Hits Gaza Refugee Camp After School Strike As War Enters 9th Month

Israel's retaliatory military offensive has killed at least 36,654 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the territory's health ministry.

Israeli strikes hammered a Gaza refugee camp on Friday after a deadly strike on a UN-run school, as the war sparked by Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel entered its ninth month.

The conflict has killed tens of thousands, laid waste to much of the Gaza Strip, uprooted most of its 2.4 million population and put them at risk of starvation.

Diplomatic efforts to mediate the first ceasefire since a week-long pause in November appear to have stalled, only a week after US President Joe Biden offered a new three-stage roadmap.