Netanyahu has faced months of mass protests over his handling of the hostage crisis unleashed by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel, which ignited the ongoing war in Gaza.

Israel said its forces hit targets in Beit Lahia to prevent Hamas from regrouping.

Netanyahu has faced months of mass protests over his handling of the hostage crisis unleashed by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel, which ignited the ongoing war in Gaza.

At least 17 people, including women and children, were killed when two Israeli missiles struck a house in the city of Beit Lahia, according to Palestinian reports on Monday. The Hamas-controlled civil defence force said the attack left the building destroyed.

Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed 12 people, according to Palestinian medical officials. Police in Israel, meanwhile, arrested three suspects after flares were fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence in the coastal city of Caesarea.