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Gaza conflict: Rocket barrage and Israeli strikes intensify | Gaza conflict: Rocket barrage and Israeli strikes intensify |
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Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip have stepped up their attacks on each other, in some of the most intense exchanges in recent years. | |
Palestinian militants have fired more than 430 rockets into Israeli territory since Saturday. Israel says most were intercepted but one man was killed. | Palestinian militants have fired more than 430 rockets into Israeli territory since Saturday. Israel says most were intercepted but one man was killed. |
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they have struck about 200 targets in the Gaza Strip over the weekend. | |
The Palestinians say four people were killed in those strikes. | |
The flare-up comes despite a truce agreed last month. Egypt and the United Nations have recently been trying to broker a longer-term ceasefire. | |
How did the latest round of violence develop? | |
It began on Friday, during protests in Gaza against the blockade of the area - which Israel says is needed to stop weapons reaching militants. | It began on Friday, during protests in Gaza against the blockade of the area - which Israel says is needed to stop weapons reaching militants. |
A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded two Israeli soldiers at the boundary fence. Israel retaliated with an air strike that killed two militants. | A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded two Israeli soldiers at the boundary fence. Israel retaliated with an air strike that killed two militants. |
The rocket barrage from Gaza began on Saturday morning. Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system shot down dozens of the rockets, but a number of homes in Israeli towns and villages were hit. | The rocket barrage from Gaza began on Saturday morning. Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system shot down dozens of the rockets, but a number of homes in Israeli towns and villages were hit. |
An Israeli man died early on Sunday in Ashkelon, 10km (six miles) north of Gaza, after being struck by shrapnel in his home. | |
Israel says it killed two Palestinian fighters in air strikes against sites belonging to the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Saturday and Sunday. | |
But Hamas, which controls Gaza, says a total of four Palestinians have been killed. | |
It says the dead include a woman and her 14-month-old daughter. But Israel says the mother and baby may have been killed by a Palestinian rocket that fell short of its target. | It says the dead include a woman and her 14-month-old daughter. But Israel says the mother and baby may have been killed by a Palestinian rocket that fell short of its target. |