New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Gaza's civil defence agency has said Israel carried out dozens of air strikes and artillery shelling on Gaza City despite Trump's appeal to end bombardments after Hamas agreed to a deal.

Seven people have been killed across the Strip since dawn today.

"It was a very violent night, during which the [Israeli army] carried out dozens of air strikes and artillery shelling on Gaza City and other areas in the Strip, despite President Trump's call to halt the bombing," civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told the AFP news agency.

Basal said 20 homes were destroyed in overnight bombardments.

Gaza City's Baptist Hospital said in a statement that it received casualties from a strike on a home in the city's Tuffah neigh...