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Added on the 12/05/2021 03:28:57 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Palestinian militants fire rockets towards Israel from the Gaza Strip, following deadly air strikes by the Israeli military on the Palestinian enclave. The projectiles were intercepted by Israel's air defence system, triggering warning sirens in communities inside Israel. IMAGES
Images show rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, said to be towards Tel Aviv according to Palestinian militant group of Islamic Jihad. Sirens warning of incoming fire were heard by AFP in south Tel Aviv moments after an AFP correspondent saw rockets being launched from Gaza. IMAGES
Smoke rises after rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel following the death in Israeli custody of Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan from the Islamic Jihad faction. IMAGES
Images of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel as the Israeli army and Gaza militants trade heavy cross-border fire, on the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 26 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. IMAGES
A barrage of rockets is fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 26 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. IMAGES
A salvo of rockets is fired from the southern Gaza Strip towards central Israel. IMAGES
Rockets are fired towards Israel from Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip as the war between Hamas and Israel enters its fourth month. Israel's army said late Saturday its forces would now focus on central and southern areas of the territory having "completed the dismantling of the Hamas military framework in the northern Gaza Strip". IMAGES
Several rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Jerusalem fly over Gaza City. IMAGES
Sirens go off in Tel Aviv and explosions can be heard as Iron Dome intercepts rockets fired from Gaza. On Friday, with the war in its third month since October 7 and Israeli forces squeezing Gaza's main cities, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the unprecedented step of invoking Article 99 of the UN Charter, which allows him to convene the Security Council over any matter that he sees as "threatening the maintenance of international peace and security." IMAGES
Smoke trails are seen in the sky after rocket fire from the southern Gaza town of Rafah towards Israel. On Wednesday, Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Khan Yunis, just to the north of Rafah, with tanks, armoured personnel carriers and bulldozers entering the city. IMAGES
Rockets fired from northern Rafah towards Israel, as Israel's army sent dozens of tanks into southern Gaza as part of its operations against Hamas and its allies in the besieged territory, despite global concern over mounting civilian deaths. IMAGES