 But forecasters at the National Hurricane Center, they expect Merrill to regain hurricane strength as it moves over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The Israeli military says airstrikes by Israeli planes have hit more than 100 targets in Gaza over the past couple of days. Among the targets, several U.N. schools used as shelters for displaced people. Israel says the schools were, quote, active operational infrastructure for Hamas. NPR's Kat Lonsdorff is in Tel Aviv.