Hundreds killed in Israel’s intensified Gaza assault

Over the past 36 hours, the Israeli army has escalated its attacks across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 250 Palestinians and wounding hundreds, according to local health officials. The wave of air and artillery strikes has drawn comparisons from residents to the earliest and most brutal days of the war.

In the southern city of Khan Younis, the courtyard of the European Gaza Hospital came under heavy bombardment on the evening of May 13. According to Gaza’s…