The Israel Defense Forces said early Friday it was conducting fresh ground operations in the area of Shejaiya in northern Gaza. “Numerous” militants had been killed, with infrastructure also destroyed, including what it described as a Hamas “command and control” center, it added.

More than 50,500 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to enclave’s health ministry. Israel launched its offensive after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attacks in which some 1,200 people…