Israel Intensifies Bombing, Prepares for Gaza Ground Operation

Israel ramped up its bombing of targets on three fronts, including a rare airstrike in the West Bank, as humanitarian aid trickled into the Gaza Strip in an international effort to ease the hardship the conflict has wrought on the two million civilians trapped there.

An Israeli soldier died during an operation in Gaza, and the Israeli military struck a mosque compound in the West Bank’s city of Jenin that it said was being used by militants to plan attacks. It also struck a target in southern Lebanon, where it said militants were attempting to launch antitank missiles at the Israeli side of the border.