As Israel prepared on Sunday for a ground assault on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Palestinians who have lost family members in air strikes were bracing for more destruction.
Nine people captured by Hamas in an attack on Israel a week ago have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in the past 24 hours, the Islamist group's armed wing said Saturday.
The IDF said it also targeted the house of the father of Mohammed Deif, the chief of Hamas’s military wing and the alleged mastermind of the attacks.