Israel strikes Gaza, Syria and West Bank as other fronts threaten to ignite

Palestinians look for survivers in buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip (Hatem Ali/AP)

Israeli warplanes have struck targets across Gaza on Saturday and Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict.

Israel has traded fire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group on a near-daily basis since the war began, and tensions are soaring in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces have battled militants in refugee camps and carried out two air strikes in recent days.