Israel, Responding to Hamas Attack, Pounds Gaza Strip, as Residents Scramble for Safety in Sealed-Off Territory

The weekend attack by Hamas has fired Israel’s determination to crush the group’s hold at Gaza — hiking risks of an expanded regional conflict.

AP/Fatima Shbair
Damage from Israeli airstrikes at Gaza City, October 10, 2023. AP/Fatima Shbair

JERUSALEM — Israeli warplanes hammered targets in the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood on Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory now facing a severe response after the deadly weekend attack by Hamas, the terror group which controls the enclave.

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