16 November 2012 Last updated at 19:26 ET
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Wyre Davies reports from the Gaza Strip where there have been more civilian casualties
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Israel has put up to 75,000 reservists on stand-by and vowed to intensify its raids on the Gaza Strip after Jerusalem was targeted by a rocket for the first time in decades.
Twenty-eight Palestinians and three Israelis have died since Wednesday when Israel killed Hamas's military chief.
Israel says it has since targeted some 600 sites in Gaza.
In a call to PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama repeated the US's support for Israel's "right to defend itself".
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Paul Danahar BBC Middle East bureau chief, Gaza City
Militants and civilians, including at least seven children, were among the Palestinian dead, Palestinian officials said.
Hamas's military leader Ahmed Jabari was killed by an Israeli air strike on Wednesday. A senior commander was killed on Friday, Hamas said.
"Tonight won't be calm in Gaza," Israeli army spokesman Yoav Mordechai said on Friday.
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Two Israeli women and a man died when a rocket fired from Gaza hit a building in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi on Thursday, Israeli officials said.
Before the recent offensive, Israel had repeatedly carried out air strikes on Gaza, as Palestinian militants fired rockets across the border.
It is not clear if the rocket targeting Jerusalem was the same Iranian-built Fajr-5 launched towards Tel Aviv for the second day on Friday.
The rockets have an estimated range of 75km (45 miles).
A rocket landed in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem. Haaretz newspaper said it was the first time since 1970 that a rocket had been fired into Jerusalem.
Police have been checking to see whether a second rocket fell in the Jerusalem area.
A missile targeting Tel Aviv appears to have done no harm, with police officials quoted variously as saying it had landed in the sea or in an unpopulated area.
It is the first time Tel Aviv has come under attack since the 1991 Gulf War.
Analysts say it is the first time Gaza militants have deployed such powerful missiles.
Israel says the assault is aimed at knocking out rocket-firing facilities. A spokesman said on Friday it had destroyed Hamas's "nascent" unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) programme.
Call-up papers have already been sent to 16,000 Israeli reservists.
On Friday evening Israel blocked access to three major routes leading into Gaza.
Rumours have been swirling that a ground attack is imminent, but Israeli officials have said no decision has yet been made.
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Katya Adler reports from Tel Aviv which has been hit with medium-range rockets
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said that during the operation - codenamed Pillar of Defense - it had targeted "600 terror sites in Gaza, including underground rocket launchers & infrastructure".
Continue reading the main story[h=2]Analysis[/h]
Jonathan Marcus BBC Diplomatic Correspondent
While considerable attention has focused on the long-range Palestinian rocket attacks against Tel Aviv - Israel's largest population centre - this latest strike against Jerusalem once again raises the question of "red lines".
If these attacks persist - and especially if they cause casualties - could this be the development that sparks an Israeli ground incursion into the Gaza Strip?
There does not seem to be a huge appetite at the political level in Israel for a ground operation. But the preparations are in place. With the civilian casualty toll in Gaza rising, a resolution to this crisis seems as far away as ever.
It said 97 rockets fired from Gaza had hit Israel on Friday alone - 388 since Wednesday. Its radar defence system - Iron Dome - had intercepted 99 rockets.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of carrying out "massacres".
Western leaders have appealed for both sides to stop the escalation in violence.
Britain and Germany both said Hamas bears the brunt of the blame and should stop firing rockets immediately.
But Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has called the Israeli raids "a blatant aggression against humanity" and promised that Egypt "will not leave Gaza on its own".
Ties between Hamas and Egypt have strengthened since Mr Mursi's election earlier this year.
Hamas was formed as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, to which Mr Mursi belongs.
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Wyre Davies reports from the Gaza Strip where there have been more civilian casualties
Continue reading the main story
Israel has put up to 75,000 reservists on stand-by and vowed to intensify its raids on the Gaza Strip after Jerusalem was targeted by a rocket for the first time in decades.
Twenty-eight Palestinians and three Israelis have died since Wednesday when Israel killed Hamas's military chief.
Israel says it has since targeted some 600 sites in Gaza.
In a call to PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama repeated the US's support for Israel's "right to defend itself".
Continue reading the main story[h=2]Gaza City: Tweeting violence[/h][h=2]“Start Quote[/h]
Rocket took off less than half a kilometre from our office in #Gaza. It was huge so we are bracing ourselves for an #Israeli response.”
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Militants and civilians, including at least seven children, were among the Palestinian dead, Palestinian officials said.
Hamas's military leader Ahmed Jabari was killed by an Israeli air strike on Wednesday. A senior commander was killed on Friday, Hamas said.
"Tonight won't be calm in Gaza," Israeli army spokesman Yoav Mordechai said on Friday.
Continue reading the main story[h=2]Your stories: Israel and Gaza[/h]
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When the F16s fly low, it's like a monster chasing its victim”
End Quote Muhammad Abu Shaban, Gaza City
Two Israeli women and a man died when a rocket fired from Gaza hit a building in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi on Thursday, Israeli officials said.
Before the recent offensive, Israel had repeatedly carried out air strikes on Gaza, as Palestinian militants fired rockets across the border.
It is not clear if the rocket targeting Jerusalem was the same Iranian-built Fajr-5 launched towards Tel Aviv for the second day on Friday.
The rockets have an estimated range of 75km (45 miles).
A rocket landed in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem. Haaretz newspaper said it was the first time since 1970 that a rocket had been fired into Jerusalem.
Police have been checking to see whether a second rocket fell in the Jerusalem area.
A missile targeting Tel Aviv appears to have done no harm, with police officials quoted variously as saying it had landed in the sea or in an unpopulated area.
It is the first time Tel Aviv has come under attack since the 1991 Gulf War.
Analysts say it is the first time Gaza militants have deployed such powerful missiles.
Israel says the assault is aimed at knocking out rocket-firing facilities. A spokesman said on Friday it had destroyed Hamas's "nascent" unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) programme.
Call-up papers have already been sent to 16,000 Israeli reservists.
On Friday evening Israel blocked access to three major routes leading into Gaza.
Rumours have been swirling that a ground attack is imminent, but Israeli officials have said no decision has yet been made.
Katya Adler reports from Tel Aviv which has been hit with medium-range rockets
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said that during the operation - codenamed Pillar of Defense - it had targeted "600 terror sites in Gaza, including underground rocket launchers & infrastructure".
Continue reading the main story[h=2]Analysis[/h]
While considerable attention has focused on the long-range Palestinian rocket attacks against Tel Aviv - Israel's largest population centre - this latest strike against Jerusalem once again raises the question of "red lines".
If these attacks persist - and especially if they cause casualties - could this be the development that sparks an Israeli ground incursion into the Gaza Strip?
There does not seem to be a huge appetite at the political level in Israel for a ground operation. But the preparations are in place. With the civilian casualty toll in Gaza rising, a resolution to this crisis seems as far away as ever.
It said 97 rockets fired from Gaza had hit Israel on Friday alone - 388 since Wednesday. Its radar defence system - Iron Dome - had intercepted 99 rockets.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of carrying out "massacres".
Western leaders have appealed for both sides to stop the escalation in violence.
Britain and Germany both said Hamas bears the brunt of the blame and should stop firing rockets immediately.
But Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has called the Israeli raids "a blatant aggression against humanity" and promised that Egypt "will not leave Gaza on its own".
Ties between Hamas and Egypt have strengthened since Mr Mursi's election earlier this year.
Hamas was formed as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, to which Mr Mursi belongs.
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Kiryat Malachi
Beit Hanoun
Gaza City
Send your pictures and videos to [email protected] or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (International). If you have a large file you can upload here.
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[h=2]Iron dome defensive system[/h]
1. Enemy fires missile or artillery shell
2. Projectile is identified and tracked by radar. Data is relayed to battle management and control unit
3. Data is analysed and target ting coordinates are sent to the missile firing unit
4. The missile is fired at the enemy projectile exploding nearby to destroy the munition