DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a second ground raid into Gaza in as many days and struck enemy targets on the outskirts of Gaza City, the military said Friday, as it prepares for a widely expected ground invasion of the territory ruled, through Hamas, by Iran.
American warplanes, meanwhile, struck targets in eastern Syria that the Pentagon said were linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. That followed a string of attacks on American forces. Two mysterious objects hit towns in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, adding to the already high tensions fueled by the three-week-old Gaza war.
