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Attacks pound Gaza and Israel
![Israeli bombs pound a target on Nov. 21 in Gaza City. Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded Gaza, hitting government ministries, smuggling tunnels and other targets.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/11/21/gaza1121120012-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Israeli bombs pound a target on Nov. 21 in Gaza City. Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded Gaza, hitting government ministries, smuggling tunnels and other targets.
Hatem Moussa, AP![An Israeli army 155mm cannon fires at a target near the Gaza Strip.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/11/21/gaza1121120011-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=375&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An Israeli army 155mm cannon fires at a target near the Gaza Strip.
Christopher Furlong, Getty ImagesA Palestinian man walks through a destroyed compound belonging to the Internal Security Ministry in Gaza City.
Mahmud Hams, AFP/Getty ImagesIsraeli artillery fires at targets in Gaza.
Tsafrir Abayov, APSmoke rises from the destroyed Abu Khadra government complex in Gaza City.
Hatem Moussa, APIsraeli soldiers take cover during a rocket attack.
Uriel Sinai, Getty ImagesA man passes a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas government complex in Gaza City.
Bernat Armangue, APIsraelis hide in an underground shelter during a rocket attack in Ashdod.
David Buimovitch, AFP/Getty ImagesBlood leaks under the door of the morgue at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Marco Longari, AFP/Getty ImagesBombs explode during an Israeli airstrike on smuggling tunnels along the border between Egypt and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Eyad Baba, APSmoke rises into the sky during an Israeli bombing attack on smuggling tunnels.
Hatem Omar, APFlames and smoke rise from a smuggling tunnel after an Israeli airstrike.
Hatem Omar, APA Palestinian child stands in the rubble of a building after an Israeli attack on Nov. 20 in Gaza City.
Hatem Moussa, APAn Israeli girl stands outside her damaged home after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in Beersheba, Israel.
Uriel Sinai, Getty ImagesRockets leave smoke trails as they fly toward Israeli territory from Gaza.
Adel Hana, APAn Israeli soldier evacuates a girl after a rocket attack in Beersheba.
Danny Sasson, AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinian mourners carry the body of Mohammed Hijazi, 4, who was killed with his father and brother in an Israeli airstrike in the Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip.
Hatem Moussa, APRonit Hachmon inspects her home after it was hit by a rocket in Beersheba.
Uriel Sinai, Getty ImagesA Palestinian man inspects a damaged building after an airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip.
Said Khatib, AFP/Getty ImagesSapir Hachmon, left, and her boyfriend, Ron Vachnish, react as they enter her room after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in Beersheba.
Uriel Sinai, Getty ImagesA man walks past a destroyed building after an Israeli attack.
Hatem Moussa, APA Palestinian man carries a bag of salvaged items from a house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City.
Marco Longari, AFP/Getty ImagesSmoke from an explosion rises into the sky following an Israeli attack east of Gaza City.
Adel Hana, APAn Israeli woman inspects her damaged home in Beersheba.
Uriel Sinai, Getty ImagesPalestinian firefighters try to extinguish a blaze in a building housing media organizations after an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 19 in Gaza City.
Bernat Armangue, APSmoke and flames rise from a building housing media organizations during an Israeli attack in Gaza.
Hatem Moussa, APA building housing media organizations burns after an Israeli airstrike.
Hatem Moussa, APExplosions rock a building housing media organizations during an Israeli air attack.
Hatem Moussa, APBombs explode during an Israeli attack on smuggling tunnels along the border between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
Eyad Baba, APA man inspects a destroyed home in Gaza City.
Mahmud Hams, AFP/Getty ImagesSmoke rises after Israeli warplanes bombed a target in Gaza City.
Bernat Armangue, APRescue workers help a Palestinian woman after Israeli warplanes bombed a sports complex next to her home.
Bernat Armangue. APA Palestinian man walks past destroyed buildings.
Mahmud Hams, AFP/Getty ImagesA Palestinian woman collects belongings after an Israeli airstrike near her home in Gaza City.
Bernat Armangue, APA Palestinian woman protects her child as she leaves a damaged building in Gaza.
Marco Longari, AFP/Getty ImagesA man carries a stuffed toy after an Israeli air raid on a sports center in Gaza City.
Marco Longari, AFP/Getty ImagesA member of the Abdel Aal family is rescued after the family home collapsed during an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 18 in the Tufah neighborhood, Gaza City.
Bernat Armangue, APA Palestinian man sits in the rubble of a destroyed home after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp.
Hatem Moussa, APIsraeli men inspect the damage caused to a house by a rocket launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli town of Ofakim.
Menahem Kahana, AFP/Getty ImagesA Palestinian man waves the national flag during a protest Nov. 18 against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Majdi Mohammed, APIsraelis run for cover during a rocket attack on Nov. 18 in Tel Aviv. At least 53 Palestinians and three Israelis have died since the conflict began five days ago.
Uriel Sinai, Getty ImagesA Palestinian man cries next the body of a dead relative Nov. 18 in the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Bernat Armangue, APIsraeli border police officers fire tear gas canisters Nov. 18 outside Ofer, near Ramallah.
Majdi Mohammed, APA Palestinian man hides during a protest Nov. 18 against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Majdi Mohammed, APResidents inspect the damage at a house after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants Nov. 18 from inside the Gaza Strip landed in the community of Ofakim, in southern Israel.
Lefteris Pitarakis, APA Palestinian youth throws a rock at Israeli soldiers Nov. 18 during clashes in the West Bank town of Nablus.
Jaafar Ashtiyeh, AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinians stand in the rubble of the Daloo family house following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Nov. 18. Palestinian medical officials say at least 10 civilians, including women and young children, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.
Hatem Moussa, APPalestinians run to take cover during an Israeli airstrike on building in Gaza City on Nov. 18. The Israeli military targeted the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers.
Adel Hana, APA woman stands next to a damaged house after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza Strip landed in Ashkelon, southern Israel, on Nov. 18.
Tsafrir Abayov, APIsraelis come to support and give presents to soldiers in Ashdod on Nov. 18 on the fifth day of Israel's bombardment of the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
Jack Guez, AFP/Getty ImagesA Hamas officer inspects an unexploded Israeli bomb in Gaza City on Nov. 17.
Bernat Armangue, APPalestinians are seen through the shattered windshield of a car as they inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 18 on the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Two people were killed, one of them a child, the Hamas-run Health Ministry and witnesses said.
Marco Longari, AFP/Getty ImagesSmoke rises after an Israeli forces strike in Gaza City on Nov. 18. The Israeli military widened its range of targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to include the media operations of the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, sending its aircraft to attack two buildings used by both Hamas and foreign media outlets.
Bernat Armangue, APIsraeli soldiers look at an Iron Dome missile as it launched near the city of Ashdod, Israel, to intercept a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza Strip on Nov. 18.
Ariel Schalit, APSmoke billows as debris flies from the explosion at the local Al-Aqsa TV station in Gaza City on Nov. 18 after it was attacked during an Israeli airstrike.
Marco Longari, AFP/Getty ImagesA member of the Abdel Aal family is rescued after his family house collapsed during an Israeli forces strike in the Tufah neighborhood in Gaza City Nov. 18.
Bernat Armangue, APOsama Abdel Aal is rescued after his family house collapsed in the Tufah neighborhood.
Bernat Armangue, APPalestinians inspect the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 18.
Hatem Moussa, APPalestinians search for people trapped in the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 18.
Hatem Moussa APA Palestinian man sits in the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 18.
Hatem Moussa, APSmoke rises during an explosion from an Israeli forces strike in Gaza City Nov. 17. Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said.
Hatem Moussa, APIsraeli civilians run for cover during a rocket attack launched from from Gaza on Nov. 17 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Uriel Sinai, Getty ImagesSmoke rises after Israeli forces strike in Gaza City on Nov. 17.
Hatem Moussa, APIsraelis rush for cover during a siren alert for a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, at a residential area in Tel Aviv, on Nov. 17.
Dan Balilty, APA man stands at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a building in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip Nov. 17.
Hatem Moussa, APA Palestinian Hamas security member inspects the destroyed office building of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya in Gaza City on Nov. 17. Israeli airstrikes hit the Cabinet headquarters of Gaza's Hamas government, with eyewitnesses reporting extensive damage to the building.
Mahmud Hams, AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinians inspect the damage at Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's office after it was destroyed during an overnight Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Nov. 17.
Bernat Armangue, APPalestinians collect their belongings in the rubble of a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Nov. 17.
Hatem Moussa, APPalestinian firefighters work at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Nov. 17.
Hatem Moussa, APA Pakistani demonstrator burns an Israeli flag at a rally in Multan on Nov. 17 in the support of Palestinians.
S S MIRZA, AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinian firefighters and rescue personnel work at a blast site following an Israeli air raid in Gaza City on Nov. 17.
Marco Longari, AFP/Getty ImagesIsraeli soldiers work on their a tanks in a staging ground near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel Nov. 17.
Ariel Schalit, APIsraeli soldiers in he staging ground near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel Nov. 17.
Ariel Schalit ,APBombs explode in Gaza on Nov. 16 during an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military has attacked 150 rocket-launching sites as well as ammunition warehouses.
Ilia Yefimovich, Getty ImagesA Hamas officer secures the area after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.
Bernat Armangue, APSmoke billows from a target during an Israeli attack.
Jack Guez,AFP/Getty ImagesRelatives mourn the death of Hanen Tafesh, 10 months old, before her funeral in Gaza City. The baby was killed during an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 15 as warplanes struck Palestinian rocket launching positions.
Marco Longari, AFP/Getty ImagesSmoke rises from Gaza City after an Israeli bombing attack.
Adel Hana, APFares Sadallah cries outside his bomb-damaged home in Beit Lahia, West Bank.
Mohammed Abed, AFP/Getty ImagesSmoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip.
Sebastian Scheiner, APFirefighters try to extinguish a blaze after an Israeli air raid in Gaza City.
Marco Longari, AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinian firefighters battle a blaze at a factory in Beit Lahia.
Mohammed Abed, AFP/Getty ImagesA man inspects damage at a mosque after an Israeli attack in Beit Hanoun.
Hatem Moussa, APAn explosion rocks an area during an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 15 in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces conducted more than 20 air and sea attacks after killing the military commander for Hamas in retaliation for Palestinian rocket attacks.
Jack Guez, AFP/Getty ImagesThe Israeli military launches interceptor missiles at militant rockets launched from the Gaza Strip in Beer Sheva.
Menahem Kahana, AFP/Getty ImagesIsraeli Iron dome interceptor rockets explode incoming missiles launched from the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants.
Ariel Schalit, APFlames and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip.
Ariel Schalit, APPalestinian women cry during the funeral of Hisham Al Galban, a Hamas militant killed during an Israeli attack in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
Eyad Baba, APAn Israeli soldier throws a bloodstained table from an apartment building hit by a Palestinian rocket in Kiryat Malachi, southern Israel. Three people were killed in the attack.
Tsafrir Abayov, APAn explosion after an Israeli airstrike rocks Gaza City.
Hatem Moussa, APPalestinians attempt to rescue people trapped in a car after an Israeli attack in the Twaam neighborhood in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip.
Mohammed Abed, AFP/Getty ImagesThe Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system fires at incoming Palestinian rockets in Ashdod.
Tsafrir Abayov, APAn Israeli interceptor missile hits a Palestinian rocket launched from the Gaza Strip.
Jack Guez, AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinian militants fire a rocket toward Israel from the northern Gaza Strip.
Ariel Schalit, APAn Israeli jet drops a bomb over the northern Gaza Strip.
Ariel Schalit, APA Palestinian boy walks through a damaged apartment after an Israeli strike in Gaza City.
Hatem Moussa, APIsraeli security personnel take cover in Kiryat Malachi.
Tsafrir Abayov, APIsraelis take cover in a large concrete pipe in Kiryat Malachi.
Uriel Sinai, Getty ImagesSmoke from an explosion rises after an Israeli strike on Nov. 15 in the northern Gaza Strip.
Ariel Schalit,APBloodstained clothing rests on the floor of an apartment building hit by a Palestinian rocket in Kiryat Malachi, Israel.
Ariel Schalit, APPalestinian mourners carry the body of Ranan Arafat, 4, during her funeral in Gaza City. Since Nov. 14, Israeli airstrikes have killed 11 Palestinians, including Ahmed Jaabari, the operational commander of Hamas' military wing.
Mahmud Hams, AFP/Getty ImagesAn Israeli volunteer cleans bloodstains in a building hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in Kiryat Malachi.
Ariel Schalit, APA Palestinian boy pushes his bicycle through the rubble after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.
Mahmud Hams, AFP/Getty ImagesExplosion and smoke from an Israeli airstrike rise from buildings in the northern Gaza Strip.
Ariel Schalit, APPalestinian mourners gather around the body of Hamas member Mohammad Al Hams during his funeral in Gaza City.
Hatem Moussa, APSmoke marks the targets of an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 14 in the Gaza Strip.
Edi Israel, APIsraeli soldiers watch a news telecast about the Gaza attacks at a 24-hour store near the Israel-Gaza border.
Tsafrir Abayov, APColumns of smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.
Adel Hana, APAn Israeli Defense Forces photograph released on Nov. The car of Hamas military chief Ahmad Jabari, in the yellow circle, moments before an airstrike destroyed his vehicle. Israel killed the commander of the Hamas military unit in retaliation for renewed rocket fire on southern Israel.
Israeli Defense Forces Via APAn Israeli Defense Forces photograph shows the car of Hamas military chief Ahmad Jabari, in the yellow circle, exploding after an airstrike.
Israeli Defense Forces Via APPalestinians extinguish flames from the car belonging to Ahmaed Jaabari, head of the military wing of Hamas, after it was hit during an Israeli airstrike.
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