Hostilities between Israel and Hamas heightened Tuesday night as several Hamas intelligence leaders were killed amid the most intensive aerial exchange in years.
Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes into Gaza, while the Islamist group and other Palestinian militants groups targeted Tel Aviv and Beersheba with rocket barrages.
Several Gaza City citizens inspect a building that was hit by a missile from Hamas forces on May 12, 2021. APFive Israelis, including three women and a child, were killed by rocket fire Tuesday into early Wednesday.
In Gaza, the death toll rose to 35 Palestinians, including 10 children, according to the Health Ministry.
Remnants of a bus hit by a Palestinian missile on May 11, 2021, with unknown casualties. ZUMAPRESS.comSeveral Hamas intelligence leaders were among the dead, according to Israel. Hamas offices and rocket launch sites were also targeted.
In Israel, people ran for shelters or dropped to the ground amid sounds of explosions as interceptor missiles streaked into the sky.
Rockets from Gaza City fired at Israel on May 12, 2021, as tensions between Hamas and Israel continue. EPAA late-night barrage of rockets set off air raid sirens and explosions across the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Tuesday visited the mixed Arab-Jewish town of Lod, where riots broke out after two people were killed in a rocket strike that hit a vehicle.
Citizens in Gaza City and Jerusalem are caught in the crossfire, resulting in massive casualties. AFP via Getty ImagesNetanyahu declared a state of emergency and decried the “anarchy” in the streets that left 12 people injured, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.
The fighting from Tuesday into Wednesday between Israel and Hamas was the worst since a 2014 war in Gaza.
With Post wires
