Israeli strikes kill 12 in Gaza as war grinds into the new year with no end in sight

Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes have killed at least 12 people in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children. The nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year with no end in sight. One strike hit a home in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, the most isolated and heavily destroyed part of the territory, where Israel has been waging a major operation since early October. Gaza’s Health Ministry says seven people were killed, including a woman and four children, and that at least a dozen other people were wounded. Another strike overnight into Wednesday in central Gaza killed a woman and a child, and a third strike killed another three people, according to the hospitals that received the bodies.