- Title: Air strikes hit Gaza City
- Date: 4th May 2019
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (MAY 4, 2019) (REUTERS) MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS WITH FIRE AND SMOKE SEEN ACROSS SKYLINE SMOKE RISING ON HORIZON VARIOUS VIEWS OF SKYLINE WITH BUILDINGS IN FOREGROUND / PLUMES OF SMOKE RISING BEHIND BUILDINGS
- Embargoed: 18th May 2019 13:17
- Keywords: Hamas skyline Israel rockets smoke rising explosions Ashkelon explosion Gaza City Gaza airstrikes
- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- City: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001ADHHG07
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Gaza militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Saturday (May 4) and an Israeli air strike killed one Palestinian gunman as hostilities flared across the border for a second day.
On Saturday Israel hit Gaza with air strikes and tank fire after Palestinian militants fired more than 90 rockets toward Israel. The Israeli military said it had targeted rocket launchers and Hamas posts.
The escalation began on Friday (May 3), when two Israeli soldiers were wounded by Gaza gunfire near the border. A retaliatory Israeli air strike killed two militants from the Islamist Hamas group that governs Gaza. Two other Palestinians protesting near the frontier were also killed by Israeli forces.
Israel and Hamas have managed to avert all-out war for the past five years. Egyptian mediators, credited with brokering a ceasefire after a Hamas rocket attack north of Tel Aviv in March triggered a burst of intense fighting, have been working to prevent any further escalation of hostilities.
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