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A senior UN official condemns Russia for its "appalling assaults" on Ukraine which saw some 158 missiles launched, killing at least 30 people according to Kyiv. "Regrettably, today's appalling assaults were only the latest in a series of escalating attacks by the Russian Federation," says UN assistant secretary-general Mohamed Khiari. SOUNDBITE
Strikes and flares light up the night sky above northern Gaza as Israel struck militant targets on Sunday during the third day of fighting after the end of week-long truce. International concerns over the spiralling civilian death toll mounted over the weekend, with Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry saying that 15,500 people had been killed by Israel's military operation since the beginning of the war. Israel's air and ground campaign was launched in response to the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, which killed 1,200 people and saw a further 240 taken hostage. IMAGES
People run to take cover as strikes hit Hamad Town residential complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel brushed off international calls to renew an expired truce and pushed on with its bombing campaign against Hamas militants in densely-inhabited Gaza. IMAGES
A series of Israeli air strikes hit Gaza City as Israel continues to pound Hamas targets in the Palestinian enclave, four days after the Islamist movement launched its land, air and sea attack on southern Israel. IMAGES
Smoke billows from buildings in Gaza City following Israeli air strikes. The death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to 560 on Monday, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said, as Israel pounded Hamas targets for the third consecutive day. IMAGES
Israel strikes the Gaza Strip, destroying a tower and buildings, in retaliation for multiple rocket barrages fired from the Palestinian enclave. IMAGES