Fighting in Gaza intensifies as truce efforts falter
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00:00 Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
00:03 The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike that killed several militants from Palestinian
00:07 Islamic Jihad, including the commander of the group's rocket-launching division.
00:13 Israel says it's hit more than 130 targets across Gaza, including rocket-launched sites,
00:18 amid a flare-up in violence over the past few days.
00:22 Palestinian officials say dozens of people, not just militants, but women and children
00:26 as well have been killed in Israeli strikes since Tuesday.
00:31 We sincerely hope that this aggression to stop against our people immediately.
00:36 And we sincerely hope that the Security Council and the international community can condemn
00:42 in clear terms the killing of children and women.
00:47 Islamic Jihad has launched hundreds of rockets at Israel since Wednesday, with no Israeli
00:52 casualties reported so far, as most of the rockets have either been intercepted by Israel's
00:57 Iron Dome air defence system or fallen in unoccupied areas.
01:02 The exchange marks the worst violence in months between the two sides, despite efforts by
01:07 Egypt to broker a ceasefire.
01:10 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that the fighting is not over yet.
01:17 We're ready for the possibility of expanding the campaign and preparing for heavy strikes.
01:21 Now and later on too.
01:27 For now though, Israel has avoided targeting Gaza's ruling Islamist Hamas group, instead
01:33 focusing on the smaller Iran-backed Islamic Jihad, with Hamas itself appearing to stay
01:38 on the sidelines - signs that both Israel and Hamas may be seeking to avoid an escalation
01:45 of the conflict.
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