JERUSALEM — Israel’s retaliatory air campaign across Gaza intensified overnight into Monday as essential supplies like food, water and medical supplies trickled into the region ahead of an expected ground invasion.
The Israel Defense Forces said the military struck over 320 military targets on Sunday, with a focus on Hamas headquarters, tunnels and firing positions in Gaza.
The overnight airstrikes killed more than 200 people, including in Rafah and Khan Younis, two cities in the south of Gaza that are crowded full of Palestinians who have evacuated from the northern part of the territory at Israel’s urging. More than half of Gaza’s population of some 2.2 million people has been displaced from their homes, according to the United Nations.
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