Children were among the Palestinian victims taken to hospital after Israel’s latest bombing of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Other attacks targeted Deir al Balah and Rafah, towns from which tens of thousands of Gazans recently fled for safety.
The Israeli military has warned that the fighting will continue this year, but the Defense Minister said Israelis evacuated from several communities near Gaza will soon be able to return home safely.
Other Israeli ministers reacted angrily to yesterday’s Supreme Court decision to overturn a controversial law that had weakened their own powers.
Ministers accused the court of exceeding its authority.
However, opposition politicians have hailed the national crisis caused by last year’s controversial judicial changes, which may have contributed to Hamas’s decision to carry out deadly attacks on Sunday. October 7