Israel bombs Gaza even after US criticises high civilian toll

A displaced Palestinian woman reacts at a UN school used as a shelter, following an Israeli strike, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.- Reuters

GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel kept up its bombing of Gaza on Tuesday, after its key military backer the United States renewed criticism of its ally over the high civilian casualty toll of the war.

Residents told AFP of Israeli warplanes striking central Gaza and artillery fire hitting the territory's south, while medics said they pulled multiple bodies from the rubble of the latest bombardment.