At least 35 dead in Gaza strikes as Netanyahu says war will continue for months

Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people on Sunday, hospital officials said (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)

Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people on Sunday, hospital officials said, as the military targeted areas in several parts of the territory a day after the country’s prime minister said the war will continue for “many more months”, resisting international calls for a ceasefire.

The military said Israeli forces were operating in Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, and residents reported strikes in the central part of the tiny enclave, after Israel this week made that region the new focus of its war.