Victims on the rise: Israel says child murder prevention priority

At least 35 people have been killed in Gaza and five in Israel in more intensive exchanges for years, Reuters writes, Pryscopi traces.

In Gaza, a multistory residential building, whose inhabitants were warned in advance by Israel to evacuate, collapsed, and another was severely damaged after repeated blows by Israeli air strikes.

Israel said their fighter planes were targeting and killing several Hamas intelligence leaders on Wednesday morning. Other attacks were carried out at locations the military said were missile launch points, Hamas' offices and the homes of Hamas leaders.

It was the worst offensive between Israel and Hamas since the 2014 war, which sparked international concern that the situation could come out of control.

“Israel has gone mad”, said a man on a Gaza street, where people came out of their homes until the blasts shook the city.

Many Israelis also spent a sleepless night, with sirens dropping at 3am in the morning at Tel Aviv, warning of several waves of rocket strikes on Israel's heart.

The children have escaped from coronary and now a new trauma --” said an Israeli woman in the coastal town of Ashkelon on Channel 11 television, Reuters translates Periscopi.

United Nations peace envoy to the Middle East Tor England said the UN is working with all sides to restore peace.

The Gazans were shocked until the sky was lit by Israeli missiles.

The Israelites ran for shelter, some took to the sidewalks in more than 70km, watching and hearing rocket attacks.

In the mixed Arab-Sherd town of Lod, near Tel Aviv, two people were killed after a rocket hit a vehicle. Lody and other mixed cities are involved in demonstrations on the violence in Gaza and tensions in Jerusalem.

NEW CHIDE

Hamas' armed arm said it fired 210 missiles towards Beersheba and Tel Aviv in response to the bombing of buildings in the city of Gaza. Israeli Army says about a third of the missiles have fallen into Gaza.

For Israel, targeting militants at Tel Aviv presented a new challenge in confronting Hamas, considered a terrorist organisation by Israel and the United States.

The violence followed several weeks of tension in Jerusalem during the month of Ramadan fasting, with clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters, in and around Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The situation deteriorated in recent days before a [now postponed] court hearing in a case that could end with Palestinian families expelled from Jerusalem's homes.

Violence has also flared up in the West Coast. While medical sources show that a 16-year-old Palestinian was killed in clashes with Israeli forces Wednesday.

“ASPECTION OF THE ENGLIST”

Violence doesn't seem to end. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that militants would pay a super heavy “price for the missiles.

On Tuesday, Gaza Health Ministry officials showed the death toll at 32, but a radio linked to Hamas later said three more people were killed early Wednesday. The Israeli army said it killed at least 25 militants.

Israeli health authorities say five people have been killed since Monday, from missiles that destroyed houses or exploded on the street.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said Qatar, Egypt and the United Nations had been in touch looking for calm, but his group's message to Israel was: “If they want to scale, resistance is ready, if they want to stop, resistance is ready by”.

The White House said on Tuesday that Israel had a legitimate right to defend itself against missile attacks but pressured Israel to treat Palestinians, saying Jerusalem should be a place of coexistence.

Although recent problems in Jerusalem were the main cause of fighting, where Palestinians are increasingly disappointed as their aspirations for an independent state have suffered a series of obstacles in recent years.

These include Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a US plan to end the conflict they viewed as favourable for Israel and the continued construction of settlements.

Israel shows that in addition to air operations, they had sent infantry and armoured forces to reinforce tanks, currently collected at the border.

Witnesses say that on Wednesday morning, Israeli planes destroyed the Gaza Police headquarters headed by Hamas in the city.

Hamas has indicated that two of their local commanders were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. The Israelites say that one of the buildings he attacked was a number of Hamas ' offices.

“I can tell you that there are other similar goals, planned”, said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, an Israeli military spokesman, Reuters quoted Periscope.

Gaza's Health Ministry reports that of people reporting dead, 10 were children. The Israeli Army says they are watching reports of children killed and that preventing civilian victims is their priority.