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Mustafa Barghouti, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, has called the end of the truce on Friday a "premeditated" move by the Israeli government to resume the "ethnic cleansing" of the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the politician called on Arab and Islamic countries to impose a boycott and sanctions on Israel and to link the interests of western countries "to their position on stopping the aggression against our Palestinian people".
"The resumption of the barbaric aggression against the Gaza Strip was premeditated and planned by the Netanyahu government, and their goal was and still is the ethnic cleansing of the entire Gaza Strip through brutal bombing, but they fail to achieve this because of the steadfastness and bravery of the Palestinian people," he said.
Israel's defence minister has said that "impressive" results have been achieved in Gaza since the end of the truce on Friday, which has seen more than 100 Palestinians killed already.
"This morning we returned to hitting Hamas with full force - I watched the wave of attacks by the Air Force up close, in one of the combat helicopters over the skies of Gaza - the results are impressive," Yoav Gallant wrote on social media.
"Hamas only understands force - and therefore we will continue to act until we achieve the goals of the war - the dismantling of the organisation, the denial of its military capabilities, and the return of all the abductees to their homes."
Two Lebanese civilians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon, according to the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar news outlet.
The strike hit the village of Houla, killing a mother and son.
Earlier on Friday, Hezbollah and Israel traded fire following the end of the truce in Gaza.
Another Palestinian journalist has been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.
Montaser Mustafa al-Sawaf was a freelance photographer who worked for Turkey's state-backed Anadolu Agency, who confirmed the death on Friday.
His death brings the number of journalists killed since 7 October to at least 58, according to figures compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists, with the vast majority killed being Palestinian.
One of the founders of the Kibbutz Nir Oz, Aryeh Zalmanovich, died while held captive by Hamas after Palestinian fighters abducted him on 7 October.
Kibbutz Nir Oz confirmed on Friday that Zalmanovich, 85, died in Gaza. It remains unclear how he died, but in mid-November, Hamas released a video showing Zalmaovich appearing unwell.
Zalmanovich is the third Israeli hostage declared to have died after a truce between Israel and Hamas ended on Friday.
Lebanon's Hezbollah group said on Friday it was ‘vigilant and ready’ as a resumption of fighting between Hamas and Israel fuelled concern that clashes across the Lebanon Israel border could also restart.
The Israeli army said it intercepted an "aerial target" that crossed from Lebanon into Israel, after sirens warning of possible incoming rockets went off in several towns in northern Israel.
"In Lebanon, we are concerned in facing this challenge, being vigilant, and always ready to confront any possibility and any danger that may arise in our country," Hassan Fadlallah, a senior Hezbollah politician, said in broadcast remarks.
At least 109 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza so far since a week-long truce expired in the early hours of Friday and the war resumed, Palestine’s health ministry said in a statement on Friday.
Nir Engel, 55, who was taken to Gaza on 7 October was confirmed dead on Friday, following Israel’s resumption of bombing Gaza after the temporary truce collapsed, according to Haaretz.
Engel was in the border community of Kibbutz Nir Oz when he was taken captive.
Earlier today, Maya Goren, a 56-year-old nursery teacher from Kibbutz Nir Oz was also confirmed dead.
The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing and attacks on the Gaza Strip since this morning has now risen to at least 100, medical sources said on Friday.
The killings came as the temporary truce came to an end.
East London’s Havering Council has cancelled the planned lighting of Hanukkah candles this year over concerns they could be vandalised.
Havering Council said it would be “unwise” for the traditional menorah, a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday, to be installed outside the Town Hall located in Romford.
It added that going ahead could “risk further inflaming tensions within our communities” and the council’s leader has approved the decision.
The Muslim Council of Britain (MAB) raised concerns over the cancellation of the planned lighting of the Menorah, saying: “We stand ready to offer our support to our Jewish brothers and sisters who feel threatened and afraid.”
“No one should be afraid to practise, celebrate or express their faith in our country. A Menorah celebrating a Jewish festival will not inflame tensions and cause offence. Havering Council should reconsider their decision and not help feed antisemitism in Britain,” they added.
Israeli bombing flattened in its entirety a residential block on Friday, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Video footage showed plumes of grey smoke and rubble rising from where the residential block stood.
Maya Goren, a 56-year-old nursery teacher from Kibbutz Nir Oz was confirmed dead on Friday following the resumption of Israeli bombing on Gaza and the collapse of the temporary truce, according to Israeli media.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed their deep regret over the collapse of the humanitarian pause in Gaza when they met at Cop28 in Dubai, Sunak's office said in a statement on Friday.
In southern Gaza, the Nasser Hospital is filled to the brim with wounded civilians.
Among them, a man cradling a boy with a bloodied scalp, crying for help, according to Reuters.
The news agency published footage from the hospital, the second largest in the Gaza Strip, showing a steady stream of wounded people being brought in as other people wept outside beside bodies of loved ones killed in Israeli air strikes.
Aid groups and the United Nations say a small fraction of health facilities in the devastated enclave are still functioning and those are in no shape to handle a new wave of casualties.
"Hospitals across Gaza lack the basic supplies, staff, and fuel to deliver primary health care at the scale needed, let alone safely treat urgent cases," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.
Jordan’s King Abdallah shed light on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza after Israel resumed the bombing of the Strip on Friday after the temporary truce came to an end.
Speaking from Dubai, he told the United Nations Cop28 climate talks: “we cannot talk about climate change in isolation from the humanitarian tragedies unfolding around us.”
“In Gaza, over 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Tens of thousands have been injured or killed in a region already on the front lines of climate change,” he said.
“The massive destruction of war makes the environmental threats of water scarcity and food insecurity even more severe. In Gaza our people are living with little clean water and the bare minimum of food supplies, as climate threats magnify the devastation of war,” he added.
