By Press Association 2021
People inspect the rubble of a damaged building which was hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City
Israel has killed a string of senior Hamas military figures and pounded three multi-storey towers as it hammered the Gaza Strip with air strikes and militants in the territory fired barrages of rockets.
Dozens have died in the most severe outbreak of violence since a 2014 war, with no resolution in sight.
The fighting has taken on many hallmarks of that devastating 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas, but with a startling new factor: a burst of fury from Israel’s Palestinian citizens in support of those living in the territories as well as counterviolence by Jewish Israelis.