Col. Ehsan Daqsa and other officers, including battalion commander, hit by explosive device as they leave tanks to walk to observation position in Jabaliya The post Commander of IDF’s 401st Armored Brigade killed in battle in northern Gaza appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has said at least 87 people were killed and more than 40 injured in Saturday's Israeli air strike on the city of Beit Lahiya in the north of the Palestinian enclave. The ministry said a number of people were still under the rubble after a residential area was hit.

Israel continues to hammer northern Gaza despite U.S. hopes that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar could be a turning point in the year-old conflict.

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At least 87 people were killed in an Israeli strike overnight Saturday on Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, the enclave’s health ministry said.

Scores of people have been killed in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza this weekend, according to local officials, with the bloodshed in the enclave and continued attacks in Lebanon dimming hopes that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar might breathe new life into cease-fire talks that have been stalled for months.

Palestinian officials say 87 dead or missing after Israeli strikes on homes in northern Gaza.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli planes dropped leaflets over southern Gaza on Saturday showing a picture of the dead Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar with the message that "Hamas will no longer rule Gaza",