A man runs on a road as fire burns after rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, Israel October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen JERUSALEM — Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel and other supplies Monday in retaliation for a bloody incursion by Hamas militants, as the war's death toll rose to nearly 1,600 on both sides.   Hamas also escalated the conflict, pledging to kill captured Israelis if attacks targeted civilians without warnings. READ : In the war's third day, Israel was still finding bodies from Hamas' stunning weekend attack into southern Israeli towns.

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