Israel launches ground operation to retake part of key corridor in Gaza

Palestinians help an injured man after his house was hit by an Israeli bombardment in Gaza City (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)

Israel said on Wednesday it had launched a “limited ground operation” in northern Gaza to retake part of a corridor that bisects the territory.

The country’s defence minister warned that the army plans to step up the attacks that shattered a two-month ceasefire “with an intensity that you have not seen”.