What Is Happening in Israel?

Israel is preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s surprise attack, the biggest and most deadly against the country in decades. Fears are mounting over the humanitarian situation inside the Palestinian enclave as Israeli strikes have forced more than 340,000 people from their homes and an Israeli blockade on aid and fuel causes shortages of food and power. **What did Hamas do?** Early on Saturday, Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, fired thousands of missiles into Israel and sent hundreds of fighters over the border to attack military bases and enter southern Israeli towns, opening fire, burning houses and taking dozens of hostages.