Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 in 48 hours as UN pursues Polio vaccinations

Airstrikes on two former schools that were housing displaced people, one in Gaza City and one in Jabalia, killed at least 12 people, Palestinian medics said

Palestinians walk on a damaged road following an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin. Picture: AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed

Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of 48 hours, medics said on Saturday, as Israeli forces battled Hamas-led militants in the territory.

Eleven months into the war, numerous rounds of diplomacy have so far failed to clinch a ceasefire deal to end the conflict and bring the release of Israeli and foreign hostages held in Gaza.