DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry says a wave of Israeli strikes across the territory has killed at least 200 people. Khalil Degran, a spokesman for the ministry based at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza, provided the updated figure early Tuesday.

Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was hitting Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire took effect in January. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the strikes because of a lack of progress in ongoing talks to extend the ceasefire.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office released a statement saying the military had been instructed to "take strong action" against Hamas.

C AIRO — Iran on Sunday once again denied aiding Yemen's Houthi rebels after the United States launched a wave of airstrikes against them and President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would be held “fully accountable” for their actions.

The U.S. carried out new airstrikes on Yemen, expanding the biggest U.S. military operation in the Middle East since President Trump took office.