Israel Increases Strikes in Gaza Amid Fears of Total Societal Collapse

Israel has dramatically increased its strikes in Gaza, the Israeli military said, bringing renewed death and destruction across the enclave even as humanitarian organizations and international allies have grown more alarmed at the scale of the unfolding crisis.

The Israel Defense Forces on Friday announced that it had struck over 450 targets in the last 24 hours—the most since its ceasefire with Hamas broke down last week. The surge in strikes seemingly unfolded on the same day that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concerns over the “gap” between Israel’s “intent to protect civilians and the actual results that we’re seeing on the ground.”

Israel launched a new phase of its war this week, commencing a new assault in the south of Gaza after weeks of intense shelling and combat in the north. The humanitarian situation was already desperate with most Gazans displaced and unable to access aid at the same time that the local medical system has been pushed to breaking point by an unprecedented influx of patients. It’s now even more extreme.

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