Israel launched “extensive” new ground operations in the Gaza Strip, while airstrikes in a new offensive killed at least 103 people, hospitals and medics said, and forced northern Gaza’s main hospital to close.

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 103 people overnight and into Sunday, hospitals and medics said, and prompted the main hospital in northern Gaza to close as Israel intensifies its war in the territory.

Gaza Israeli air strikes killed about 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight on Saturday, health authorities said on Sunday, as Israel intensifies its war in the territory that, after more than 19 months,