One hundred days after Hamas gunmen broke out of Gaza to launch the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, Gaza lies in ruins and the Middle East is sliding toward a wider, more unpredictable conflict.
Israeli tanks and aircraft reportedly hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas. Communications and internet services were down for the third day running, complicating the work of emergency and ambulance crews trying to help people in areas hit by fighting.
Fighting was concentrated in the southern city of Khan Younis,
