At least 22 children were killed in Gaza early on Wednesday in a punishing series of Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, according to local hospitals and health officials. The strikes killed at least 60 people in total, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported, including 10 people in the southern city of Khan Younis. 

The strikes came a day after Hamas released an Israeli-American hostage in a deal brokered by the US, and as President Donald Trump was visiting Saudi Arabia.