China voices concern as Palestinian enclave suffers renewed attacks that kill hundreds

The relative calm of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came to an abrupt end on March 18 when Israel unleashed intense strikes on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 460 people and injuring more than 600 over days, Palestinian authorities said, sinking the first-stage truce in the three-phase ceasefire deal brokered by the United States, Egypt and Qatar.
Hamas, on March 18, confirmed that the head of its government in the…