Hundreds of Thousands Displaced as Fighting Resumes in Gaza: Updates on the Ongoing Conflict (Reuters)

The resumption of fighting between Israel and Hamas is “the nightmare that everyone utterly feared,” the UN says.

A temporary ceasefire expired at 07:00 (05:00 GMT) with both warring sides blaming each other for the resumption of hostilities.

Since then, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 100 people have been killed.

The renewed fighting has been met with a mixture of fear and anger among Gazan residents.

On Friday morning, the sound of heavy gunfire could be heard in areas of northern Gaza infiltrated by the Israeli military, with clashes breaking out between Israeli soldiers and Hamas militants.

There seemed to be no let up in the pace of fighting after the ceasefire, with jet fighters and reconnaissance planes deployed.

Areas targeted by air strikes included north-western Gaza and Khan Younis in the south – where hundreds of thousands of people fled earlier in the war to escape fighting in the north. Houses in the city were targeted – including one house in close proximity to Nasser hospital, where the BBC‘s Arabic team was based.

“Around 06:30 the drones started flying,” Mohammad Ghalaiyini, a Briton who is currently in Khan Younis with his family, said in a voice message sent to the BBC. “Around 07:30, I think, the bombings started and there’s been like non-stop bombing every ten, 15, 20 minutes.”