The Israel Defense Forces continued intense air and ground campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The uptick in offensive operations came days after Israel marked the anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 assault and as Israeli leaders planned their response to last week's Iranian ballistic missile attack.

At least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced families in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Red Crescent says.More than 50 others were injured in the attack on Rufaida al-Aslamia school,

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 28 Palestinians and wounded dozens more people at a school in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on Thursday, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.