Bloody scenes: Israel kills more than 200 Palestinians

Gaza: The Israeli military is conducting intense assaults across the Gaza Strip by air, land and sea, killing more than 200 people and spreading fear among its warweary displaced population.

Dozens of air raids hit the besieged territory on Saturday, particularly in Deir el-Balah and Nuseirat in central Gaza, homes west of the city of Rafah in the south and multiple areas in Gaza City to the north.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza said “large numbers” of killed and wounded were arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the majority of whom are children and women.

“Dozens of injured people are lying on the ground, and medical teams are trying to save them with the basic medical capabilities they have available,” it said, adding that it is short on medicine and food, and that its main generator has stopped functioning due to a lack of fuel.

A statement released by the Gaza Government Media Office said that 210 people had been killed in the Israeli attacks on Nuseirat and other parts of central Gaza.

A health ministry spokesman earlier said that there were still “a lot of ” bodies and wounded people that remained on the streets. Social media footage that Reuters could not immediately verify showed bodies spilling entrails onto bloodstained streets.

"It was like a horror movie but this was a real massacre. Israeli drones and warplanes fired all night randomly at people's houses and at people who tried to flee the area," said Ziad, 45, a paramedic and resident of Nuseirat, who gave only his first name.

The bombardment focused around a local marketplace and the Al-Awda mosque, he told Reuters via a messaging app.

"To free four people Israel killed dozens of innocent civilians," he said.

Emergency response teams were trying to ferry the dead and wounded to hospital in the nearby city of Deir alBalah but many bodies were still lying in the streets, including around a market district, Ziad and other residents said.