32 killed in Israeli strikes on southern Gaza, Palestinian officials say

Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

Israeli strikes have killed at least 32 people in southern Gaza overnight as the military launched ground operations in the hard-hit city of Khan Younis, Palestinian medical officials have said.

Israel has continued to strike what it says are militant targets across Gaza nearly a year after Hamas’s October 7 attack ignited the war, even as attention shifted to Lebanon, where it is battling Hezbollah, and to Iran, which launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel late on Tuesday.