Israel has pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior Hamas military figures. The Israeli strikes toppled a pair of high-rise towers housing Hamas facilities in a series of airstrikes. Hamas also showed no signs of backing down and fired hundreds of rockets at Israeli cities.
In just three days, this latest round of fighting between the bitter enemies has already begun to resemble a devastating 50-day war in 2014.
Gaza's Health Ministry said the death toll rose to 65 Palestinians, including 16 children and five women. A total of seven people have been killed in Israel in Hamas rocket attacks.
The fighting has triggered the worst Jewish-Arab violence inside Israel in decades.