Hadil Al-Shalchi

and said it was a source of hope for Arabs and an example of how to confront occupation.

The attacks killed around 1,200 people in Israel, according to the Israeli government.

It triggered a war in Gaza that has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials.

Hadil Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

Thunderstorms flooded hundreds of tents in Gaza, leaving thousands of already displaced Palestinians homeless and cold.

Buildings have collapsed, killing several families, while at least two babies died of hypothermia, according to local health officials.

Mahmoud Basal is the spokesperson for the Gaza Civil Defense.

He says the tents are just not strong enough.

He says there's an urgent need for caravans rather than tents and that the reconstruction of Gaza needs to begin immediately.

Humanitarian groups say the Israeli government is obstructing their work as it restricts aid into Gaza.

Hadil Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

The Israeli military said it has killed Ra'ad Saad, a Hamas senior official who Israel says was the second in command of the group's military wing.

A video released by the Israeli military showed an airstrike on a vehicle they said Saad was riding in.

Saad's killing would be the highest-profile assassination of a Hamas leader by the Israeli military since a ceasefire deal was reached in October.

He was a close ally of Azzedine al-Haddad, who took over Hamas's military wing after Israeli forces killed Mohamed Sinwar last May.

Hadil Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

The Israeli military said it has killed Ra'ed Saad, a Hamas senior official who Israel says was the second in command of the group's military wing.

A video released by the Israeli military showed an airstrike on a vehicle they said Saad was riding in.

Hamas did not confirm Saad's killing, but in a statement condemned an Israeli strike on what they called a civilian vehicle west of Gaza City.

Hamas did not say who was in the vehicle.