

In Israel, at least six people, including three women and a child, have been killed by rocket fire, while 46 others have been injured, according to Israeli emergency services. Another 320 people have been wounded there, including 86 children and 39 women. At least 53 people, including 14 children and three women, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the violence escalated Monday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The civilian death toll has been increasing on both sides. In response, the Israel Defense Forces unleashed hundreds of airstrikes aimed at what it said were Hamas and other terror targets in the Gaza Strip, where two million Palestinians have lived under a blockade imposed by neighboring Israel and Egypt since Hamas took control of the 140-square-mile territory in 2007. An Israeli soldier cries at the funeral for Staff Sergeant Nitai Stern.

The Israel Defense Forces said on Twitter early Wednesday that Hamas and other militant groups had fired more than 1,000 rockets into central and southern Israel over the past two days, targeting cities including Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beersheba, Tel Aviv and the capital, Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of first sergeant Omer Tabib on May 13. Staff Sgt Omer Tabib from the Nahal Vborn zprva - prvn. 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. An officer and another soldier were wounded in the attack. Tensions in the Middle East have risen to new heights as deadly confrontations continued unabated Wednesday between Israel's military and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group ruling the Gaza Strip. More activity by Andrew Check out this Champion Concrete ACX: A truck made to go places. The army identified the soldier killed in Wednesday morning's attack as Staff Sgt.
