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Israeli strike brings down most of Gaza high-rise building Poll Federal government GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli airstrikes toppled most of a massive high-rise building in central Gaza City on Wednesday, in the latest escalation in Israel-Hamas fighting. The collapse was broadcast on Israeli TV channels, with commentators predicting Gaza militants would respond with a rocket barrage. Hamas militants fired scores of rockets at the Tel Aviv metro area on Tuesday, after airstrikes toppled another Gaza high-rise. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. GAZA ...

Fox News' Trey Yingst reports on the escalating violence in the Middle East live from the Israel-Gaza border. Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip are engaged in the largest conflict between the two groups since the 2014 war. An Israeli airstrike Wednesday killed Bassem Issa, Hamas' highest-ranking military figure, and the IDF said it also took out nine other senior commanders. More than 1,100 rockets had been fired at Israel in the past two days, Lt. Colonel Jonathan Conricus said during a news briefing from Tel Aviv Wednesday evening. Israeli counteroffensives targ...

The Latest: Blinken sends senior US diplomat to Mideast The Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8An Israeli soldier stands guard next to an Iron Dome air defense system as smoke rises from an oil tank on fire after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza Strip, near the town of Ashkelon, Israel, Wednesday, May 12, 2021.Ariel Schalit/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8Palestinian rescuers evacuate an elderly woman from a building following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded the territory with airstrikes early Wednes...

Fears Of 'Full-scale War' Amid Deadly Israel-Palestinian Clashes By Ben Simon with Mai Yaghi in Gaza City 05/12/21 AT 12:01 PM Heavy exchanges of rocket fire and air strikes, and rioting in mixed Jewish-Arab towns, fuelled fears Wednesday that deadly violence between Israel and Palestinians could spiral into "full-scale war". Israel's Defence Minister Benny Gantz vowed more attacks on Hamas and other Islamist militant groups in Gaza to bring "total, long-term quiet" before considering a ceasefire. Israeli seurity forces advance amid clashes with Palestinian protesters at the al-Aqsa mos...

Dozens have died in the most severe outbreak of violence since a 2014 war, with no resolution in sight.