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Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza overnight and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the two-week-old war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict. Israel has traded fire with Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group on a near-daily basis since the war began, and tensions are soaring in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces have battled militants in refugee camps and carried out two airstrikes in recent days.

Hundreds are feared dead or injured in an Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza, Palestinian officials say. An Israeli army spokesperson says the cause of the incident is not known and the army is looking into the details.

The Israeli military says hundreds of thousands of troops are near the Gaza border "ready to execute the mission we have been given". Israel is expected to launch a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip soon - it says the mission is to "make sure Hamas won't have any military capabilities". The death toll in Israel has reached 1,200 - while more than 900 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza. The head of the Palestinian Energy Authority says Gaza's only power station will run out of fuel today.

#Israel #DeclaresWar #Hamas #palestine War was declared after an attack that began at dawn Saturday when thousands of rockets were fired toward Israel from Gaza.