Israel strikes pound Gaza, killing dozens and forcing a main hospital to close

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 103 people overnight into Sunday, hospitals and medics said, as Israel intensified its war in the territory after more than 19 months of fighting. The strikes also forced the main hospital in northern Gaza to close.

More than 48 people were killed in airstrikes in and around the southern city of Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital. Among the dead were 18 children and 13 women, a hospital spokesperson told the Associated Press.

In northern Gaza, a strike on a home in the built-up Jabaliya refugee camp killed nine people from a single family, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry's emergency services. Another strike on a family's residence, also in Jabaliya, killed 10, including seven children and a woman, according to the civil defense, which operates under the Hamas-run government.