Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as scholars accuse Israel of genocide

An Israeli soldier on an armoured vehicle near the Israeli-Gaza border. Picture: Maya Levin/AP

Israel launched strikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday — killing at least 31 people as it presses ahead with a major offensive in the territory’s largest city, according to health officials.

Leading genocide scholars, meanwhile, joined other rights groups in accusing Israel of genocide, allegations it vehemently rejects.