Renewed Gaza fighting stretches into second day after Israel-Hamas truce collapses

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

GAZA (Reuters): Renewed fighting in Gaza stretched into a second day on Saturday after talks to extend a week-old truce with Hamas collapsed and mediators said Israeli bombardments were complicating attempts to again pause hostilities.

Eastern areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza came under intense bombardment as the truce deadline lapsed shortly after dawn on Friday (Dec 1), with columns of smoke rising into the sky, Reuters journalists in the city said.