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Israel's Iron Dome defence system intercepts rockets fired from Gaza amid the bloodiest escalation in decades that saw Hamas carry out a massive rocket barrage and a ground, air and sea offensive followed by intense Israeli retaliatory air strikes on the coastal enclave. IMAGES
Smoke rises in Yavne, around 30 km south of Tel Aviv, after a barrage of rockets was fired from Gaza towards Israel. Warning sirens sounded across the country's south and central areas, with the Israeli army urging the public to stay near bomb shelters. IMAGES
Rockets are fired from Rafah in the southern Gaza amid ongoing exchange of fire between Israel and Hamas-militants. IMAGES
Rockets fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip are intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome defence missile system over Sderot. IMAGES
Rockets fired from Gaza City are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome defence missile system, over the city of Ashkelon. IMAGES
A salvo of rockets is fired from the southern Gaza Strip towards central Israel. IMAGES
Rockets are fired towards Israel from Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip as the war between Hamas and Israel enters its fourth month. Israel's army said late Saturday its forces would now focus on central and southern areas of the territory having "completed the dismantling of the Hamas military framework in the northern Gaza Strip". IMAGES
Several rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Jerusalem fly over Gaza City. IMAGES
Sirens go off in Tel Aviv and explosions can be heard as Iron Dome intercepts rockets fired from Gaza. On Friday, with the war in its third month since October 7 and Israeli forces squeezing Gaza's main cities, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the unprecedented step of invoking Article 99 of the UN Charter, which allows him to convene the Security Council over any matter that he sees as "threatening the maintenance of international peace and security." IMAGES
Smoke trails are seen in the sky after rocket fire from the southern Gaza town of Rafah towards Israel. On Wednesday, Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Khan Yunis, just to the north of Rafah, with tanks, armoured personnel carriers and bulldozers entering the city. IMAGES
Rockets fired from northern Rafah towards Israel, as Israel's army sent dozens of tanks into southern Gaza as part of its operations against Hamas and its allies in the besieged territory, despite global concern over mounting civilian deaths. IMAGES
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