Tel Aviv | Israel stepped up its attacks on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip overnight into Wednesday, drawing a heavy barrage over the country’s commercial heartland as the death toll rises and the two sides edged closer to all-out war.
Rocket squads in Gaza fired a new barrage at central Israel early on Wednesday as Israeli jets pummeled the Gaza strip with dozens of airstrikes. The death toll in Gaza climbed to 35 while five civilians were killed in Israel, according to officials and local media.
