A firefighter puts out a fire that broke out in a building as a result of Palestinian factions firing rockets in response to Israeli airstrikes in Sderot. Fighting between Israeli soldiers and Islamist Hamas militants continues in the border area with Gaza. Stunned by the unprecedented assault on its territory, a grieving Israel has counted over 700 dead and launched a withering barrage of strikes on Gaza that have raised the death toll there to 493 according to Palestinian officials.

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Keywords: attacks, building, conflict, crisis, damage, damaged, destroyed, destruction, extinguish, firefighter, gaza-israel, hamas, military, palestinian, rocket, war