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Added on the 06/08/2022 17:38:02 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Smoke rises in Yavne, around 30 km south of Tel Aviv, after a barrage of rockets was fired from Gaza towards Israel. Warning sirens sounded across the country's south and central areas, with the Israeli army urging the public to stay near bomb shelters. IMAGES
A depot is on fire near a gas complex located close to Ashkelon, Israel after it was hit by a rocket from Gaza according to officials, as seen from Gaza City. Palestinian militants Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at Israel's economic hub Tel Aviv in retaliation for an Israeli strike that destroyed a tower block in Gaza, as the foes traded their heaviest fire in several years. IMAGES
People step out of their cars on a highway leading to Tel Aviv as sirens blare in central Israel. Israel's army said at least eight rockets were fired towards central Israel from Gaza's far-southern city of Rafah, where its forces have been battling Palestinian militants. IMAGES
People in Tel Aviv, Israel, walk and run for cover as rocket warning sirens are heard, a first since the expiration of a truce. Israeli forces continue to battle Hamas militants in southern Gaza, while the military branch of the Palestinian Islamist group says it has fired rockets towards southern Israel. IMAGES
Israeli emergency services and firefighters rush at the scene of a rocket explosion that hit the city of Ramat Gan near the coastal city of Tel Aviv, following the launching of rockets from the Gaza Strip controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement towards Israel. An Israeli man was killed after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza hit his building, according to the police and medics. 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
Israeli warning sirens blare in Tel Aviv, and explosions are heard after a rocket barrage was launched from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Tel Aviv residents gaze at the sky as rockets from the Gaza Strip were fired towards the Israeli coastal city. IMAGES
A rocket barrage is intercepted over Tel Aviv's Jaffa neighbourhood, as people run for cover as the rocket alarm sounds. IMAGES
Sirens blare in the streets and the Azrieli shopping mall of Tel Aviv, in Israel, after Hamas says it launched rockets from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES