More than 100 killed in Gaza in first hours after truce expired

The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip said 109 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory on Friday after a truce between Israel and Hamas expired and fighting resumed.

Spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement that the military had also tallied "hundreds of wounded in the Israeli aggression".

The Israeli military said it had hit over 200 targets in the Gaza Strip.

"Over the last few hours, ground, air and naval forces struck terror targets in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, including in Khan Yunis and Rafah," it said in a statement.

An Israeli government spokesman said Friday that Hamas "will now take the mother of all thumpings".

"Unfortunately, Hamas decided to terminate the pause by failing to release all the kidnapped women," government spokesman Eylon Levy told a briefing. "Having chosen to hold onto our women, Hamas will now take the mother of all thumpings."