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26 killed as Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas rocket barrage

 

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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas exchanged heavy fire on Tuesday, with at least 26 Palestinians killed in Gaza, in a dramatic escalation between the bitter foes sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.  
 
Nine children were among those killed in the blockaded Gaza Strip that is controlled by the Islamist group and 125 people there were wounded, local health authorities said.  
 
More than 300 rockets have been fired by Palestinian militants towards Israel since Monday, with over 90 percent intercepted by its Iron Dome missile defense system, army spokesman Jonathan Conricus said. At least six Israelis have been injured.    
 
Israel has responded with 130 strikes carried out by fighter jets and attack helicopters on military targets in the enclave, killing 15 commanders from Hamas, said Conricus, while the group Islamic Jihad confirmed two of its senior figures were killed.   
 
More rockets were launched from the coastal enclave Tuesday, as Hamas' armed wing the Qassam Brigades vowed to turn the southern Israeli community of Ashkelon into "a hell". 
 
Loud booms again rocked the town on Tuesday, where a rocket had ripped a gaping hole into the side of an apartment block, an AFP reporter said. 
 
 

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