IDF says it hit multiple Hamas sites in overnight Gaza strikes

The Israel Defense Forces says it carried out strikes against numerous Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip overnight.

The sites include command centers and various other infrastructure belonging to the terror group, The Times of Israel reports, citing the IDF.

The military adds that it also struck a number of anti-tank missile launch sites and sniper positions in high-rise buildings.

Hamas’s attack on Israel, and Israeli offensive in Gaza in response, is yet another escalation in a long conflict that has already left thousands dead on both sides.

The latest round of violence between Israel and Palestine began after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched the deadliest attack on Israel ever on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people, and capturing nearly 200, by the latest estimates. Israel responded with an intense counteroffensive that included an order to carry out a 'complete siege' of Gaza, and it appears to be readying for a ground assault.

Israeli airstrikes have already devastated many civilian areas, and the death toll in Gaza is growing amid a spiraling humanitarian crisis. Foreign passport holders in Gaza and aid convoys carrying life-saving supplies from Egypt have lined up at the Egyptian border crossing waiting for an agreement that would allow the border to open, but that has so far failed to materialize.