The Israeli military said on Sunday that it had launched a new military operation in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, where the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service said troops had surrounded two hospitals amid heavy shelling. The assault was proceeded by Israeli airstrikes on approximately 40 sites, which the Israeli military said included “military compounds, underground tunnels and additional terror infrastructure.” In the al-Amal hospital, a paramedic had been fatally wounded by gunfire and another had suffered a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Red Crescent. Dp…