Hostilities between Israel and Palestinian armed groups continuing since Friday escalated on Sunday, raising the death toll in two days to 29 in the occupied territory, with Israel carrying out multiple air strikes in Gaza.
The health ministry also said that 253 people in Gaza had been wounded since the hostilities with Israel broke out on Friday.
The violence is the worst in Gaza since a war last year that devastated the impoverished territory home to some 2.3 million Palestinians and forced countless Israelis to seek shelter from rockets.
Israel has said it was necessary to launch a “preemptive” operation against Islamic Jihad, as the group had been planning an imminent attack following days of tensions along the border with Gaza.
An Israeli soldier checks ammunition next to a mobile artillery unit in a field on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip on Saturday. —Reuters
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system fires to intercept a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel near Ashdod, Israel on Saturday. — Reuters
Rockets are fired by Palestinian militants into Israel, amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in Gaza on Saturday. - Reuters
Rockets are fired by Palestinian militants into Israel, amid Israeli-Palestinian fighting, in Gaza City on Friday night. - Reuters
Palestinians inspect a house hit in an Israeli air strike, amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in Gaza city on Saturday. — Reuters
Flame and smoke rise during an Israeli air strike, amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in Gaza City on Saturday. —Reuters
Members of the Israeli forces take position as Palestinians take part in a protest over Israel-Gaza fighting near the Israeli settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday. — Reuters
Palestinians inspect a damaged house amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday. — Reuters
A woman looks on as she stands next to a damaged building where senior commander of Islamic Jihad militant group Tayseer al-Jaabari was killed in Israeli strikes, in Gaza City on Saturday, — Reuters
A woman gestures next to a damaged building where senior commander of Islamic Jihad militant group Tayseer al-Jaabari was killed in Israeli strikes, in Gaza City on Saturday. — Reuters
Header image: Shahir, one of four disabled Palestinian siblings from Shamalakh family, is assisted near the rubble of their home after it was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in Gaza City on Saturday. — Reuters
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