The Israeli military said Wednesday that it had launched “targeted ground activities” in south and central Gaza, a day after launching an aerial bombardment of the Strip that shattered the two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas.

The UN’s humanitarian aid chief Tom Fletcher has called the killing of a UN staff member and the wounding of five others in an attack in Gaza “infuriating,” said the UN demands “answers.” Palestine’s mission to the United Nations called UN Security Council to "stop Israeli war machine",

GazaIsrael resumed ground operations on Wednesday and said it was retaking control of a key corridor that divides northern Gaza from the south as Defence Minister Israel Katz warned attacks would increase until Hamas frees Israeli captives.