Israeli war planes intensified attacks across the Gaza Strip today, targeting senior Hamas leaders and bombing a coastal area where four Palestinian boys were killed.

Hundreds of Palestinian families, their children crying, fled as Israel intensified airstrikes on Hamas targets, including homes of the movement’s leaders, following failed Egyptian ceasefire efforts.

Israel has fired missiles at the homes of four top Hamas leaders, the militant group said, in a resumed bombardment of Gaza following a failed Egyptian ceasefire effort.