War between Israel and Hamas: An Israeli raid kills 76 members of one family in Gaza

In the southern city of Khan Yunis, men walking through the rubble tried to ward off cats feeding on the unclaimed bodies. One of the men covered a body with a blanket. Another wanted to call an ambulance but had no phone signal.

Israeli army spokesman Admiral Daniel Hajari said that the forces are expanding their offensive in northern and southern Gaza and that the forces are fighting in “complex areas” in Khan Yunis.

The army's statement on the arrests followed previous Palestinian reports of widespread arrests of teenagers and men from homes, shelters and hospitals in northern Gaza where forces have imposed tighter control. Some of the released detainees said they were stripped except for their underwear, beaten, and held for several days with minimal water.

Channel 13 in Israel showed new footage of Palestinian men stripped of their underwear and walking in a single row, with soldiers near them. It is not clear when the footage was taken. In response to widespread criticism, the army said that detainees were being stripped naked and examined for weapons. It denied allegations of abuse and said those with no links to militants would be released quickly.

Hamas called on the International Committee of the Red Cross and other organizations to put pressure on the Israeli authorities to reveal the location and conditions of the detainees.

Israel says it has killed thousands of Hamas activists, including about 2,000 in the past three weeks, but has not provided evidence. It says that 144 of its soldiers were killed in the ground attack.

Following the UN decision, it was not immediately clear how and when the aid delivery process would be accelerated. Trucks enter through two crossings – Rafah on the border with Egypt and Kerem Shalom on the border with Israel. The United Nations said fewer than 100 trucks entered on Friday, far below the daily average of 500 trucks before the war.

Israeli officials said that both crossings were closed on Saturday by mutual agreement between Israel, Egypt and the United Nations.

Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official, criticized the Security Council resolution that called for aid to Gaza without suspending hostilities, describing it as “weak” and “insufficient.”

Before the council vote, the United States negotiated the removal of language that would have given the United Nations authority to inspect aid going to Gaza, something Israel says it must continue to do itself to ensure the material does not reach Hamas.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that it is wrong to measure the effectiveness of the humanitarian operation by the number of trucks.

He added: “The real problem is that the way Israel is managing this attack creates enormous obstacles to the distribution of humanitarian aid inside Gaza.”

Netanyahu and his government also faced pressure at home, with calls to release the remaining hostages. “Pepe, Pepe is retiring. “We don't want you anymore,” chanted a crowd of thousands in Tel Aviv.

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Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani in Washington and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.