At least 200 Palestinians, including 59 children , have been killed in a week of attacks in Gaza , according to local health officials, while Netanyahu says Israeli bombing will continue despite international pressure to end it. with France and Egypt calling for an end to hostilities. At the same time, Gaza residents are expressing “horror” and “fear,” according to international media.
Six rockets fired from Lebanon at Israel on Monday night
The Israeli military said six rockets were fired from Lebanon at Israel on Monday night, but did not reach Israeli territory.
The army said it retaliated with artillery bombardment of Lebanon.
A Lebanese security source said Israeli artillery shells landed on Lebanese territory.
A few minutes earlier, it had been announced that air defense sirens warning of incoming rockets sounded in northern Israel, near the country’s border with Lebanon.
The Israeli television network Channel 13 TV broadcast that explosions were heard in the area.
Earlier in the day, warplanes fired new bombs into Gaza, damaging hundreds of buildings and disrupting power supplies. Israel says it hit 110 targets overnight, including in a densely populated neighborhood.
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Over the past week, Israeli attacks have destroyed a health clinic, hit the home of a first aid worker, killed two doctors, destroyed tower towers, blown up a mattress factory and razed the offices of international news agencies. Israeli forces also reportedly bombed the underground tunnel of the Palestinian organization Hamas. Nine homes belonging to senior Hamas commanders in Gaza were also hit.
In Israel, 10 people, including two children, have been killed by militants who have fired more than 3,000 rockets in the past week. Police said an Israeli man also died at the hospital on Monday following an attack last week.
Israel says attacks on a densely populated Palestinian enclave have killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander and left a crater in a seven-story building that the Israeli military says was used by Islamist leaders in Hamas.
At the same time, rocket fire broke out in response to the assassination of Islamic Jihad leader Hussein Abu Harbid, sending Israelis to bomb shelters, and there were direct attacks on a synagogue in Ashkelon and an apartment building in Ashdon.
