Hundreds of buildings destroyed in Gaza, Hamas-run civil defence service says

Israel’s overnight airstrikes destroyed hundreds of buildings in Gaza, the civil defense service in the Hamas-run territory has told the AFP news agency.

“Thousands of other homes were damaged,” a spokesman told AFP, adding that the intense bombardments had “changed the landscape” of northern Gaza.

We do not yet have any casualty figures from Gaza. Images taken this morning show widespread damage in the north of the Strip, which has been regularly hit by Israeli airstrikes since Hamas’s attack on Israel three weeks ago.