United Nations: Scenes of `hell on earth` have returned to Gaza

(Dan Tri) – Fighting between Israel and Hamas resumed after the ceasefire agreement expired, continuing to pose a serious threat to people in the Gaza Strip.

Scene of destruction in Gaza after an Israeli air strike (Photo: AFP).

The United Nations warns that the resumption of fighting between Israel and Hamas will worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

`Hell on earth has returned to Gaza,` said Jens Laerke, spokesman for the United Nations humanitarian office in Geneva, Switzerland.

`Today, in just a few hours, many people were killed and injured. Families were asked to evacuate again. Hope has disappeared,` said UN aid director Martin Griffiths, and said

The ceasefire that began on November 24 has been extended twice and Israel has said it can continue as long as Hamas releases 10 hostages a day.

Fighting continued fiercely over the past day in Gaza as Israel stepped up its attacks on thousands of targets.

According to Al Jazeera, Israeli tanks are constantly shelling the narrow strip of land and gunboats are attacking the Gaza coast.

James Elder, spokesman for the United Nations Children’s Fund, called the Israel-Hamas conflict `a war against children` and called on influential parties to find ways to stop the fighting.

`The ceasefire is over. We can already hear the bombs. I’m at the hospital. There was an attack about 50 meters from here. This is the largest hospital still operating in Gaza. It’s at

He said the world `cannot accept having more children with war wounds, burns, shrapnel scattered all over their bodies, broken bones`, and added: `This is a war against

According to the Gaza government, more than 6,000 children have died in this area since Israel began its military operation in response to the Hamas attack on October 7.

Gaza health officials said Israeli airstrikes have killed 184 people and injured at least 589 others since the ceasefire ended on December 1 morning.

Local officials said most of those killed in the attacks were children and women.

Israel announced it would eliminate Hamas after the October 7 attack.

Qatar, which is acting as a mediator, says negotiations are continuing with the Israelis and Palestinians to restore the ceasefire, but continued Israeli bombardment of Gaza complicates the situation.