Israeli forces pounded several areas across Gaza, killing at least 39 Palestinians, according to health officials, as tanks advanced deeper into western and northern Rafah.
Among those killed yesterday were local journalist Mohammad Abu Jasser, his wife and two children in an Israeli strike on their home in northern Gaza, a medic said.
Gaza's government media office said Mr Abu Jasser's death raised to 161 the number of Palestinian media personnel killed by Israeli fire since 7 October.
Just before midnight, an Israeli air strike on an encampment housing displaced Palestinian families killed at least ten people, medics and Hamas media said.
In Al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, an Israeli air strike on a house killed three people and wounded eight others, medics said.
Earlier in the day an Israeli missile struck a multi-floor building in the camp, and wounded several people, including two local journalists, rescue workers said.
In Rafah, where Israel said it aimed to dismantle the last battalions of Hamas' armed wing, residents said tanks advanced deeper into northern areas of the city and took control of a hilltop in the west, amid fierce gun battles with Hamas-led fighters.
The army said troops continued operations in Rafah, eliminating many gunmen over the past day in the area of Tel Al-Sultan on the western side of the city. In central Gaza, the military said it conducted raids on militants' infrastructure.
The military also said it hit a structure used by Palestinian militants in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, saying gunmen were operating from a humanitarian area, and accused Gaza militants of exploiting civilian structures and population for military purposes, an allegation Hamas and other groups reject as false to justify such attacks.
A ceasefire effort led by Qatar and Egypt and backed by the United States has so far failed due to disputes between the combatants, who blame each other for the impasse.
Israel vowed to eradicate Hamas after its fighters killed 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages in a 7 October attack, according to Israeli tallies. At least 38,919 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's retaliatory offensive since then, Gaza health authorities say.
On Tuesday, Israel said it had eliminated half the leadership of Hamas' military wing and killed or captured about 14,000 fighters since the start of the war.
Israel says 326 of its soldiers have been killed in Gaza.
Hamas does not release casualty figures and said Israel exaggerates its reports to give the impression of a "fake victory".
Israel confirms striking Hezbollah weapons depots in south Lebanon
The Israeli military also said it struck Hezbollah weapons storage facilities overnight, after Lebanese state media reported an Israeli strike on an ammunition depot deep in the south.
Hezbollah has traded near-daily cross-border fire with Israeli forces in support of Hamas since the Palestinian militant group's 7 October attack on southern Israel triggered war in Gaza.
The Israeli air force "struck two Hezbollah weapons storage facilities in southern Lebanon, containing rockets and additional weaponry", the military said in a statement.
Last night, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said "the Israeli enemy launched a raid" on the town of Adloun, about 30 kilometres from the border with Israel, later saying the target was "an ammunition depot".
Rockets were still exploding about an hour after the strike was first reported, the NNA said, adding that the blasts "lightly injured three citizens".
The NNA said traffic on the highway linking the southern coastal cities of Sidon and Tyre had been interrupted in both directions yesterday, with videos circulating online showing several large explosions in Adloun.
"Shrapnel from the explosions flew to surrounding villages," the NNA said.
Earlier on Saturday, Hezbollah and its Palestinian ally Hamas had fired rocket salvos and explosive-laden drones at Israeli positions.
Hezbollah said it had launched "dozens of Katyusha rockets" on northern Israel "in response" to a strike blamed on Israel that injured civilians.
Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said they also fired a rocket salvo from south Lebanon towards an Israeli military position in the Upper Galilee.
The violence since October has killed at least 515 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally. Most of the dead have been fighters, but they have included at least 104 civilians.
On the Israeli side, 18 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.
