Gaza death toll rises as clashes spread ESCALATION: Israeli President Reuven Rivlin warned of civil war after synagogues were attacked and fighting spread to the country’s mixed Jewish-Arab communities Reuters, GAZA and JERUSALEM Israeli planes yesterday renewed airstrikes in Gaza, and Hamas militants responded by firing rockets into Israel as their battle entered a fifth night, and US and Arab diplomats sought an end to the violence. Palestinian health officials said that at least 12 people were overnight killed in airstrikes throughout Gaza. The officials said that a woman and her three children were among the dead after their house was hit in a refugee camp.