Sustained Israeli military airstrikes have destroyed nine miles (14km) of militant tunnels along the Gaza Strip, and the homes of nine Hamas commanders, the Isreali military says
Gaza's mayor Yahya Sarraj told Al-Jazeera TV the intensive barrage had caused severe damage to roads and other infrastructure.An Israeli woman surveys damaged inside her parents' apartment after it was hit with a rocket fired from Gaza
He added:"Families are having to move from house to house. Schools - run by the UN - are becoming a focal point for people to move to and there are now many hundreds of families crammed there."The humanitarian situation is very very serious" The protests were focused on the heavy-handed policing of a flashpoint holy site during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinian families by Jewish settlers.
Hamas and the Islamic Jihad militant group say at least 20 of their fighters have been killed, while Israel says the number is much higher and has released the names and photos of more than two dozen militant commanders it says were"eliminated".US and Israeli flags are burned during protests expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people
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