Nearly 60 Palestinians have been killed and more than 130 others injured since midnight, as the Israeli occupation began intensifying its campaign of genocide against Palestinians early this morning, as part of preparations to expand operations and achieve "operational control" over areas of the Gaza Strip.

Marwan Sultan, director of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, said, "Since midnight, we have received 58 dead and 133 wounded. The situation is difficult and complicated."

He added that there are a large number of people under the rubble, stressing that "the situation is catastrophic."

Medical sources told Al Jazeera that 31 Palestinians have been killed since this morning in the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

For its part, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that hospitals in the Strip had received 153 dead and 459 injuries over the past 24 hours, noting that a number of victims remained under the rubble and on the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and civil defense teams.

Gaza health authorities reported that more than 300 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Strip since Thursday, in one of the most intense periods of bombardment since the collapse of the ceasefire last March.

An Al Jazeera correspondent reported that three people were killed and others injured in an Israeli bombardment of a house in the Tel al-Zaatar area in the northern Gaza Strip. The bodies of the martyrs and injured were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, north of the Strip.

Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza reported that a number of Palestinians were injured in an Israeli bombardment near the Andalus Tower, northwest of Gaza City. The injured were transferred to the emergency department at Al-Shifa Medical Complex, where doctors described the condition of one of them as critical.

The correspondent said that two Palestinians were killed and four others were injured in an Israeli drone strike on the Ma'an area east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Six others were killed and others were injured in another strike on the Bani Suhaila town east of the city. The martyrs and injured were transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.

Palestinian sources also reported that three Palestinians were injured in an attack on a tent near the Taiba Towers in the designated "humanitarian" area west of Khan Yunis. Israeli warplanes also launched raids on the town of Al-Qarara, northeast of the city.

In Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, an Al Jazeera correspondent reported that a number of Palestinians were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a tent housing displaced persons near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.