Just a day after Egypt's cease-fire proposal between Israel and Hamas fell apart, Israel launched an intense attack on the Gaza strip, targeting the homes of high-ranking Hamas leaders.
The international community is calling for a cease-fire in the week-old Israeli-Palestinian war, which rages on as each side continues to launch rockets and ammunition.
Hamas is continuing to lob rockets into Israel while Israel responds with a surge in air strikes. Thousands of Israelis took cover in bomb shelters as Hamas launched more rockets into central Israel Wednesday, prompting Israel to respond by launching more air strikes into Gaza.
In midst of the worst outbreak of violence on the Israel-Gaza border since 2012, tensions escalated between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday as Israel bombed 50 Gazan sites.
Hamas denies killing the teens, but Israel has started air strikes Israel has stepped up air strikes into the Gaza Strip after three Israeli teenagers were found dead on Monday, according to a report from CNN.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the new Palestinian unity government — which includes unification with the terrorist group Hamas — will recognize Israel's right to exist.
