Israeli jets launched strikes in Gaza on Tuesday after Israel accused Hamas of violating their cease-fire agreement.
According to local health authorities, the strikes killed at least 26 people. The ceasefire deal brokered earlier this month by US President Donald Trump now appears to be hanging by a thread.
Witnesses reported attacks by Israeli planes across the strip into early Wednesday.
The latest attacks followed a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office saying he had ordered immediate "powerful attacks."
The US-backed ceasefire agreement went into effect on October 10, pausing two years of open war sparked by the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Both sides have accused each other of violations of the agreement.
Ceasefire holding despite 'skirmishes,' US VP says
US Vice President JD Vance said the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip is holding despite Israel and Hamas accusing each other of breaches.
"The ceasefire is holding. That doesn't mean that there aren't going to be skirmishes here and there," Vance said.
According to Vance, the US expected Israel to react due to "Hamas or somebody else within Gaza" attacking an Israeli soldier.
"I think the President's peace is going to hold despite that," he concluded.
The US-brokered ceasefire took effect on October 10, ending two years of war sparked by deadly Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October. 7, 2023, and leaving Gaza devastated.
Hamas says it has found the remains of two more hostages
Hamas said it had recovered the bodies of two more hostages in the Gaza Strip.
The militant group's armed wing made the announcement late Tuesday on its Telegram channel, also releasing the names of the two hostages.
Israeli media typically do not publish the names of hostages until the bodies have formally identified and families have been informed.
Earlier on Tuesday, Hamas said it would postpone the planned handover of another body amid the escalation of attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas said that renewed Israeli attacks were hampering searches.
Israel carried out new airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, nearly three weeks after a ceasefire began in the conflict.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the government was responding to a Hamas attack on Israeli soldiers, as well as delays in the agreed handover of hostages' remains.
