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Hamas’ paramilitary wing, the Ezzedine al Qassam brigade, warned that it would respond to the destruction of a building near the seashore and confirmed that “130 rockets had been fired at Tel Aviv and its suburbs.”
Tel Aviv began to receive a warning from an airborne siren at night, and a roar of rocket launchers was heard in the Gaza Strip, reported AFP reporters and Israeli soldiers.
The Times of Israel reported that several residents of Holon, south of Tel Aviv, were injured in the shooting. The report says that a victim’s situation is dire.
Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told AFP that a missile hit an empty bus in Holon.
Hamas launched massive rocket attacks on Israel on Monday in response to massive clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem near the Al Aqsa mosque, which injured hundreds. Israeli forces responded with airstrikes that killed at least 28 people in the Palestinian enclave and injured more than 100.
In the Jewish state, two people were killed and 10 more injured in Palestinian missile attacks.
AFP / Scanpix Photo / Gaza Strip after the Israeli attack
Hamas described the demolition of a high-rise building in Gaza on Tuesday as a residential building. According to AFP reporters, it also had offices of various Hamas officials.
The dramatic escalation of conflict between Israeli and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip, particularly Hamas and Islamic Jihad, has erupted in the wake of major riots in Jerusalem near Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site.
Hamas fired rockets into Jerusalem on Monday and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack meant that the “red line” had been crossed and that the Jewish state would respond “vigorously”.
The prime minister said on Tuesday that Israel would intensify the attacks in the Gaza Strip.
The United States on Tuesday reiterated its call on both sides to the conflict to avoid “extremely deplorable” civilian deaths.
“Israel has the right to defend itself. At the same time, reports of civilian deaths are something we regret and would like to see stopped,” US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
“We do not want to see provocations. The provocations we have seen have resulted in extremely deplorable deaths,” he added.
Diplomatic sources said the United Nations Security Council had announced a special meeting on Wednesday to discuss violence between Israelis and Palestinians, the second such meeting in three days.
The meeting will be held behind closed doors at the initiative of Tunisia, Norway and China. Members of the Security Council meeting on Monday did not issue any joint statements, and diplomats said the United States was convinced the public comments would not produce the desired results.
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