Israeli strikes on southern and central Gaza Monday killed at least eight people, among them two children. In one of the attacks, Al Jazeera reports a displaced 23-year-old mother and her 1-year-old daughter were killed when their tent was hit in the al-Mawasi neighborhood of Khan Younis. Israel now claims control of some two-thirds of Gaza, with Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calling for the immediate establishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza’s northern perimeter. Smotrich spoke Monday from the city of Sderot on Gaza’s border.

Bezalel Smotrich: “We’re here in Sderot. Today, the IDF holds nearly 70% of the Gaza Strip. We must complete the conquest of the remaining 30%, defeat Hamas, and, above all, we need to establish a belt of Jewish settlements within the territory of the strip as a protective border for Sderot and all the communities of the Gaza envelope.”