Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 61 in 48 Hours

The Israeli army released footage said to be of strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza.

Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of 48 hours, local medics said, as Israeli forces battled Hamas-led militants in the territory.

Eleven months into the war, numerous rounds of diplomacy have so far failed to clinch a ceasefire deal to end the conflict and bring the release of Israeli and foreign hostages held in Gaza as well as many Palestinians jailed in Israel.

Israel's Netanyahu strongly condemns a deadly shooting at West Bank border with Jordan

"This is a difficult day. A loathsome militia murdered in cold blood three of our civilians at Allenby Bridge. On behalf of the government and myself, I send my condolences to the families of the murdered," Netanyahu said.

"In recent days, loathsome militants have murdered six of our hostages in cold blood and three Israeli police officers. The killers do not distinguish between us, they want to murder us all, until the last one. Right and left, secular and religious, Jews and non-Jews."

Security inspect buses at a checkpoint leading to Allenby Bridge crossing, after a gunman crossing from Jordan killed three Israelis before security forces shot him dead, Israeli authorities said.

It was the first attack of its kind along the border with Jordan since Palestinian Islamist group Hamas carried out an assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, sparking the war in Gaza that has ratcheted up tensions across the region.

The attack took place in a commercial cargo area under Israeli control where Jordanian trucks offload cargo entering the West Bank, officials said.

Shortly after, Israel closed all three of its land border crossings with Jordan, according to the Israel Airports Authority which oversees such routes.

At least 40,972 Palestinians have been killed and 94,761 others injured in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, Gaza's health ministry said.