Ceasefire hopes fade as Israel bombards Gaza, Lebanon
Prospects of a ceasefire between Israel and its foes Hamas and Hezbollah ran aground on Friday as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 people in the Gaza Strip, according to medics in the Palestinian enclave, and battered Beirut’s southern suburbs. The Israeli military said it killed senior Hamas official Izz al-Din Kassab in an airstrike…