Israel's military said it hit multiple targets using aircraft and artillery in southern Gaza on Sunday, after it accused Hamas of shooting at Israeli soldiers, in a major test of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire that was brokered by the U.S. earlier this month.

The Israeli government has halted humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza strip after the IDF struck targets in southern Gaza on Sunday

Israel launched deadly strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, saying they were in response to attacks by Hamas militants, as the nine-day-old ceasefire in the Palestinian territory came under heavy strain.

It will take about $70 billion to rebuild Gaza, according to an operational damage and needs assessment conducted jointly by the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank. European and Arab nations, Canada and the U.S. appear willing to contribute to the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, the UN official said on Tuesday.

Military escalation in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has resulted in at least 46 deaths on Sunday, despite an ongoing ceasefire agreement, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources. The Israeli army said in a statement that two of its soldiers were killed in a Hamas attack early in the day.

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Israel launched airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and blamed Hamas for what it called a significant Palestinian ambush of its troops.

The IDF says it killed several armed Palestinian terror operatives who approached troops in the northern Gaza Strip earlier today.