UPDATE - 32 Palestinians killed, many injured within 3 hours after humanitarian pause ends in Gaza

CHANGES HEADLINE; UPDATES DEATH TOLL

By Safiye Karabacak and Muhammed Emin Canik

ISTANBUL (AA) - At least 32 Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli air strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip soon after the humanitarian pause ended on Friday morning.

“Within three hours after the humanitarian pause ended, the death toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks climbed to 32,” the Health Ministry in Gaza said in a statement.

“Dozens of people, mostly women and children, were injured,” the ministry added.

The pause between Israel and Hamas, which went into effect on Nov. 24, ended on Friday morning.

Heavy gunfire and Israeli artillery shelling in the eastern Gaza Strip resumed soon after the humanitarian pause ended, according to an Anadolu correspondent on the ground.

Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian factions are also underway in the northern and central Gaza Strip, the correspondent also reported.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi