Hamas claims new Israel strikes killed 70 people in Gaza.

At least 70 Palestinians have been murdered in Israeli attacks on Gaza over the weekend and early on Monday.

A statement by the Hamas-run government media office in the blockaded Gaza Strip said that “more than 60 were martyred in the Israeli raids” that took place overnight, including 17 people slain in a single attack that struck a home in the northern Gaza neighbourhood of Jabaliya.

The media office reported in a subsequent statement that at least 10 more individuals had died in other hits on Monday morning, increasing the total death toll since Sunday night to at least 70.

The Israeli military said Monday it had hit “over 320 military targets in the Gaza Strip” over the past 24 hours.

The army in a statement said the terror targets struck included tunnels containing Hamas terrorists, dozens of operational command centres and Islamic Jihad terrorists, military compounds, and observation posts.

For more than two weeks, Israel has pummelled the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory with air strikes, following a cross-border attack launched by the armed group on October 7.

The violence has left at least 1,400 people dead in Israel, according to official figures.

According to Gaza’s health Ministry, the bombing campaign so far has killed more than 4,650 Palestinians, mainly civilians including at least 1,873 children.