Residents and medics said at least 14 people were in the house of one family when the strike destroyed the building.

Gaza’s health ministry said that 88 people had been killed over the past day. Israeli and Hamas officials have been holding indirect cease-fire talks via mediators in Qatar.

Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, officials said Wednesday, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year.

Israel has helped a former soldier leave Brazil after legal action was initiated against him by a group accusing Israelis of war crimes in the Gaza Strip based in part on their own social media posts.

Brazilian attorney Maria Pinheiro talks to Becky Anderson about the verification process she undertook to file a war crimes case against a vacationing former Israeli soldier who served in Gaza, and who fled Brazil with the assistance of Israel’s embassy there.

Israel helped a former soldier on vacation in Brazil flee the country after a case was brought accusing him of war crimes in the besieged Palestinian enclave. Israel has consistently denied such allegations.