Israel And Hamas Trade Fire As Fears Of An Escalation In The Conflict Increase



Fears Of Violent Escalation After Gaza Strikes -- Sydney Morning Herald

JERUSALEM: Israel has launched multiple airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing seven Palestinians, while militants fired more than 100 rockets and mortars into southern Israel in what threatens to develop into a major confrontation.

Israel also confirmed on Sunday it had fired a series of warning shots into Syria, after one of its military posts in the occupied Golan Heights was hit with mortar fire from across the border.

The world needs to understand that Israel will not sit idly by in the face of attempts to attack us.

The latest escalation began when a tunnel packed with explosives under the Gaza-Israel border blew up late on Thursday in what an Israeli military spokeswoman, Lieutenant-Colonel Avital Leibovich, described as an attempt to kidnap or kill soldiers.

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