Gaza Strip: Hamas rockets target Tel Aviv after Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza
A barrage of Hamas rockets sparked air raid sirens in Tel Aviv hours after an Israeli airstrike hit a high-rise building in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas said it had fired a total of 130 rockets on Tuesday, some of which hit homes in southern Israel, killing two women. A total of 28 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including 10 children.
The intensity of the violence has invited comparisons to the build-up to the 2014 war between Israel and militants in Gaza, which killed over 2,100 Palestinians and dozens of Israelis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to increase the “strength and rate of the strikes” against Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, as Egyptian officials said they were trying to reach a ceasefire agreement.