Israel Gaza live news: Israel attacks Hamas leader's Gaza house as hospital battle continues - BBC News BreakLatest newsMostly news SummaryIsrael says its jets attacked the Gaza house of Ismail Haniyeh, widely regarded as the top Hamas leaderHaniyeh lives in Qatar - Israel says the house was used as a meeting place for HamasElsewhere, Palestinian media say around 50 people were killed by an airstrike in the central Gaza StripIsrael has not commented on the attack, but says it targets Hamas infrastructure and minimizes civilian casualtiesOn Wednesday night, Israel continued its operation at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, which it says was being used as a Hamas baseUS President Joe Biden says he is "mildly hopeful" to free more than 200 people held hostage in GazaIsrael began attacking Gaza after the October 7 attack by Hamas in which 1,200 people were killed and hostages takenThe Hamas-run health ministry says more than 11,500 people have been killed in Gaza since thenLive reportingRelated stories Morph.toInit.bundles.push(function() { Morph.versions["bbc-morph-lx-stream-v4@3.6.5"]={"bbc-morph-app-bridge":"2.2.0","bbc-morph-classnames":"1.0.2","bbc-morph-cookie-config":"3.0.1","bbc-morph-cs-enriched-post":"1.3.13","bbc-morph-feature-toggle-manager":"1.0.3","bbc-morph-gel-icons":"5.1.0","bbc-morph-gnl-smp-adverts":"1.1.0","bbc-morph-gnl-smp-analytics":"1.1.0","bbc-morph-grandstand":"5.7.0","bbc-morph-image-chef-url-transformer":"2.1.0","bbc-morph-isequal":"1.0.0","bbc-morph-lazysizes":"1.0.1","bbc-morph-lx-adverts":"1.0.8","bbc-morph-lx-commentary-data-paged":"1.5.6","bbc-morph-lx-istats":"1.1.4","bbc-morph-lx-reactions":"3.0.3","bbc-morph-moment-ws-timezone-wrapper":"1.0.7","bbc-morph-news-translations":"2.2.4","bbc-morph-responsive-image-srcset":"3.0.1","bbc-morph-share-tools":"5.1.4","bbc-morph-smp":"9.1.1","bbc-morph-ws-typography-info":"1.0.8","morph-container":"4.0.0","morph-require":"3.0.17","react":"0.14.7","react-dom":"0.14.7"}; !function(e){function t(r){if(n[r])return n[r].exports;var o=n[r]={i:r,l:!1,exports:{}};return e[r].call(o.exports,o,o.exports,t),o.l=!0,o.exports}var n={};t.m=e,t.c=n,t.d=function(e,n,r){t.o(e,n)||Object.defineProperty(e,n,{configurable:!1,enumerable:!0,get:r})},t.n=function(e){var n=e&&e.__esModule?function(){return e.default}:function(){return e};return t.d(n,"a",n),n},t.o=function(e,t){return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e,t)},t.p="",t(t.s=101)}([function(e,t){e.exports=React},function(e,t,n){"use strict";function r(e,t,n,r,o,a,i,s){if(!e){var l;if(void 0===t)l=new Error("Minified exception occurred; use the non-minified dev environment for the full error message and additional helpful warnings.");else{var u=[n,r,o,a,i,s],c=0;l=new Error(t.replace(/%s/g,function(){return u[c++]})),l.name="Invariant Violation"}throw l.framesToPop=1,l}}e.exports=r},function(e,t,n){"use strict";var r=n(7),o=r;e.exports=o},function(e,t,n){"use strict";function r(e,t){if(null==e)throw new TypeError("Object.assign target cannot be null or undefined");for(var n=Object(e),r=Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,o=1;o
