Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A confrontation between Israel and Hamas sparked by weeks of tensions in Jerusalem has escalated as Israel unleashed new air strikes on Gaza while militants barraged Israel with hundreds of rockets.
The exchange killed a number of militants and civilians in Gaza and at least two Israelis. The barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip and air strikes into the territory continued almost non-stop throughout the day, in what appeared to be some of the most intense fighting between Israel and Hamas since their war eight years ago.
The fire was so relentless that Israel’s Iron Dome rocket defence system appeared to be overwhelmed, while columns of smoke rose from many
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