9 children among 20 killed in Israeli airstrikes at Gaza
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By Sibte Arif
GAZA CITY: At least 20 people were killed, including nine children, and 65 others wounded in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired rockets towards Israel, Hamas said.
Israel has said it was striking Hamas targets in retaliation for the dozens of rockets fired Monday from the enclave towards Israel, but has not confirmed its strikes had caused fatalities.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the updated death toll included a 10-year-old girl, while Hamas has confirmed that one of its commanders was killed in a strike.
Children among 20 killed in rocket strikes on Gaza
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Jerusalem - Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza Monday in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants, amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
At least 20 people were killed, including nine children and a senior Hamas commander, and 65 others wounded, Gaza authorities said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas had crossed a red line by directing missiles towards Jerusalem and that the Jewish state would respond with force . We will not tolerate attacks on our territory, our capital, our citizens and our soldiers. Those who attack us will pay a heavy price, said Netanyahu, who held meetings with the heads of the army and the Shin Bet security agency.
9 children among 20 killed in Israeli airstrikes
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By Sibte Arif
GAZA CITY: At least 20 people were killed, including nine children, and 65 others wounded in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired rockets towards Israel, Hamas said.
Israel has said it was striking Hamas targets in retaliation for the dozens of rockets fired Monday from the enclave towards Israel, but has not confirmed its strikes had caused fatalities.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the updated death toll included a 10-year-old girl, while Hamas has confirmed that one of its commanders was killed in a strike.
The Israel s army said Tuesday that it had hit 130 military targets in Gaza, killing 15 Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives in retaliatory strikes after Palestinian militant groups launched a flurry of rockets towards Israel. We have struck 130 military targets belonging mostly to Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the blockaded Gaza strip, Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus told reporters. According to our current estimates we have killed 15 Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives, he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas had crossed a red line by directing missiles towards Jerusalem and that the Jewish state would respond with force .