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Gaza’s death toll soars as Israel kills senior Hamas commanders Al Jazeera English © Mourners recite a prayer over the body of Majd Abu Saadahthe, a Palestinian killed in an Israeli air... Mourners recite a prayer over the body of Majd Abu Saadahthe, a Palestinian killed in an Israeli air attack, during his funeral in the town of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip [Said Khatib/AFP] The death toll in Gaza has soared in the worst escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years after Israel killed a string of senior Hamas military figures and destroyed three multi...

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded the territory with airstrikes Wednesday as the most severe outbreak of violence since a 2014 war took on many hallmarks of that devastating 50-day conflict, with dozens killed and no resolution in sight. Palls of gray smoke rose in Gaza, as Israeli airstrikes levelled two apartment towers and hammered the militant group’s multiple security installations, destroying the central police compound. In Israel, barrages of hundreds of rockets fired by G...

© THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Wednesday said that its Gaza City commander, Bassem Issa, was killed by an Israeli airstrike. The Hamas armed wing said the commander was killed “along with a few of his fellow brothers of leaders and holy fighters," The Associated Press reports. Issa is the highest-ranking military figure in Hamas to be killed since 2014.  ADVERTISEMENT The AP reports that Israel’s internal security agency confirmed the deaths, adding that the airstrike had killed the organization's head of rocket development and cyber warfare,...

The death toll in Gaza rose to 48 Palestinians, including 14 children and three women, while six Israelis, including a soldier, three women and a child, were killed. Hundreds have been wounded in the fighting.

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