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| Gaza missiles fired at Tel Aviv | Gaza missiles fired at Tel Aviv |
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| Palestinian militants have attempted to hit Israel's commercial capital, Tel Aviv, with missiles fired from Gaza. | Palestinian militants have attempted to hit Israel's commercial capital, Tel Aviv, with missiles fired from Gaza. |
| Residents took cover after air raid sirens alerted them to a missile threat for the first time in two decades, but there were no casualties. | Residents took cover after air raid sirens alerted them to a missile threat for the first time in two decades, but there were no casualties. |
| Israel's defence minister authorised the call-up of 30,000 reservists. | Israel's defence minister authorised the call-up of 30,000 reservists. |
| Three Israelis were killed by rockets from Gaza earlier, while 15 Palestinians have been killed in two days of Israeli attacks on Gaza. | Three Israelis were killed by rockets from Gaza earlier, while 15 Palestinians have been killed in two days of Israeli attacks on Gaza. |
| Israel said 274 missiles had been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel since Wednesday afternoon, when an Israeli strike killed the military leader of Hamas, Ahmed Jabari. | Israel said 274 missiles had been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel since Wednesday afternoon, when an Israeli strike killed the military leader of Hamas, Ahmed Jabari. |
| While some of those missiles have been intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, others have hit their targets, including a direct hit on a block of flats in the town of Kiryat Malachi. | While some of those missiles have been intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, others have hit their targets, including a direct hit on a block of flats in the town of Kiryat Malachi. |
| Two women and a man living on the top floor were killed. | Two women and a man living on the top floor were killed. |
| Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said: "This escalation will exact a price that the other side will have to pay." | Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said: "This escalation will exact a price that the other side will have to pay." |
| 'Steadfast' | 'Steadfast' |
| However, Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, condemned what he called Israel's "ferocious assault" against Gaza. | However, Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, condemned what he called Israel's "ferocious assault" against Gaza. |
| The danger of the kind of operation Israel has started is that rising casualties on both sides cause a violent escalation that neither side can control. If that happens it could cause a much bigger crisis across the Middle East. | The danger of the kind of operation Israel has started is that rising casualties on both sides cause a violent escalation that neither side can control. If that happens it could cause a much bigger crisis across the Middle East. |
| The overwhelming mood in Gaza is sombre but vengeful. Sombre because few here want another war with Israel - another war in which civilians would undoubtedly suffer as much as the fighters. | The overwhelming mood in Gaza is sombre but vengeful. Sombre because few here want another war with Israel - another war in which civilians would undoubtedly suffer as much as the fighters. |
| There is a gaping hole on the top floor of an old four-storey apartment building where two Israeli families were living. A resident Yerumichael Simon told me: "I live across the street and I used to live inside that building." | There is a gaping hole on the top floor of an old four-storey apartment building where two Israeli families were living. A resident Yerumichael Simon told me: "I live across the street and I used to live inside that building." |
| "We here in Gaza will remain steadfast and unshaken," he said in a televised statement. "We will fend off the aggression." | "We here in Gaza will remain steadfast and unshaken," he said in a televised statement. "We will fend off the aggression." |
| "We are all confident in our intrepid resistance fighters who are now deployed on the front," he said. | |
| Late on Thursday, BBC correspondents in Gaza reported several massive explosions and missile fire in and around Gaza City as Israeli strikes continued. | |
| The two rockets fired at Tel Aviv landed south of the city, in Rishon Lezion, and in the sea. | The two rockets fired at Tel Aviv landed south of the city, in Rishon Lezion, and in the sea. |
| The armed wing of Islamic Jihad said it had fired an Iranian-built, Fajr-5 rocket at Tel Aviv. | |
| "We have widened the range of the battle to reach Tel Aviv and what is coming will be greater," the group said in a statement. | |
| This is the first time Tel Aviv has been threatened by missiles since the 1991 Gulf War, when missiles fired by Saddam Hussein's Iraq landed in the city. | This is the first time Tel Aviv has been threatened by missiles since the 1991 Gulf War, when missiles fired by Saddam Hussein's Iraq landed in the city. |
| The Times of Israel website says sirens were also sounded in the Tel Aviv suburbs of Bnei Brak, Givatayim and Ramat Gan. | The Times of Israel website says sirens were also sounded in the Tel Aviv suburbs of Bnei Brak, Givatayim and Ramat Gan. |
| Many of the 15 Palestinians killed in Gaza during a two-day Israeli aerial and naval bombardment were members of militant groups, but civilians - including four children - were also among the dead. | Many of the 15 Palestinians killed in Gaza during a two-day Israeli aerial and naval bombardment were members of militant groups, but civilians - including four children - were also among the dead. |
| They included 11-month-old Omar, the son of Jihad Misharawi, a BBC Arabic picture editor. | They included 11-month-old Omar, the son of Jihad Misharawi, a BBC Arabic picture editor. |
| Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will do "everything in its power" to avoid civilian casualties in the conflict with Hamas. | Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will do "everything in its power" to avoid civilian casualties in the conflict with Hamas. |
| But he said Hamas was deliberately placing its rockets and missiles in civilian areas prior to launching them at Israel. | But he said Hamas was deliberately placing its rockets and missiles in civilian areas prior to launching them at Israel. |
| "There is no moral symmetry between Israel and the terrorists in Gaza," he said during a televised news conference in Tel Aviv. | "There is no moral symmetry between Israel and the terrorists in Gaza," he said during a televised news conference in Tel Aviv. |
| "Hamas deliberately targets our children and they deliberately place their rockets next to their children. Now despite this reality - and it's a difficult reality - Israel will continue to do everything in its power to avoid civilian casualties." | "Hamas deliberately targets our children and they deliberately place their rockets next to their children. Now despite this reality - and it's a difficult reality - Israel will continue to do everything in its power to avoid civilian casualties." |
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