The Israeli military has pounded targets in Gaza and called up reserves along the border after a rocket attack on an Israeli home early this morning.
Witnesses and a security source in Gaza said there had been at least two strikes on a site belonging to Hamas's military wing in the west of the Gaza Strip.
The reported strikes rained down as Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu met US President Donald Trump in Washington. Netanyahu declared his men were 'responding forcefully' to 'wanton aggression.'
Before strikes began, Major Mika Lifshitz said two armoured and infantry brigades were mobilised and there was a limited drafting of reserves.
Fire and smoke below above buildings in Gaza City during reported Israeli strikes today
Israel's military launched strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip today, the army and witnesses said, hours after a rocket from the Palestinian enclave hit a house and wounded seven Israelis
The reported strikes rained down as Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu met US President Donald Trump in Washington
Witnesses and a security source in Gaza said there had been at least two strikes on a site belonging to Hamas's military wing in the west of the Gaza Strip
The attack has prompted Netanyahu to cut short his trip to Washington DC. 'As we speak, Israel is responding forcefully to this wanton aggression,' Netanyahu said at the White House. 'Israel will not tolerate this, I will not tolerate this,' Netanyahu said
The rare long-distance missile was fired from the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Monday, 'demolishing' a house in central Israel and wounding seven people, according to reports.
The family home in Mishmeret, north of Tel Aviv, was left in ruins, with tiles, broken furniture and debris scattered about. A shattered baby's crib lay among the rubble and two family dogs died in the explosion.
'I nearly lost my family,' said Robert Wolf, grandfather of the injured residents. 'If we hadn't gotten to the bomb shelter in time, I would now be burying all my family.'
Israel believe it was a self-manufactured rocket made by Gaza's rulers Hamas, and had a range of about 75 miles.
A Hamas official denied the group was behind the rocket, suggesting it was caused by 'bad weather'.
Maj Lifshitz said the rocket was fired from a launching pad in the southern part of the coastal strip, near Rafah.
Trump expressed condolences for the rocket attack and said that the United States backs Israel's 'right to defend itself'
Netanyahu said: 'There has been a criminal attack on the State of Israel and we will respond forcefully,' he said. 'In a few hours I will meet with President Trump. I will return to Israel immediately afterward'
An eruption of flame and smoke as Israel's military launched strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip today, the army and witnesses said, hours after a rocket from the Palestinian enclave hit a house and wounded seven Israelis
A ball of fire lights the sky above a building believed to house the offices of Hamas chief in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, during Israeli strikes on the Gaza City today
Witnesses reported seeing Hamas evacuating its personnel from government premises
Anticipating a strong Israeli response, Gaza's Hamas leaders have apparently gone underground
An Israeli police sapper surveys the rubble following the reported Hamas strike on a house to the north of Tel Aviv
Smoke billows into the horizon over the southern Gaza strip today as Israel rained down strikes on Hamas positions in retaliation
Benjamin Netanyahu (left) was meeting with President Donald Trump (centre) and Vice President Mike Pence in Washington today as strikes hit Hamas targets in Gaza
The attack has prompted Netanyahu to cut short his trip to Washington DC.
'As we speak, Israel is responding forcefully to this wanton aggression,' Netanyahu said at the White House.
'Israel will not tolerate this, I will not tolerate this,' Netanyahu said.
Trump expressed condolences for the rocket attack and said that the United States backs Israel's 'right to defend itself.'
The military quickly mobilized troops and called up reserves, setting the stage for a potential major conflagration shortly before Israel's upcoming elections.
The Magen David Adom rescue service said it treated seven people overall in the farming community of Mishmeret, including two women who were moderately wounded.
The others, including two children and an infant, had minor wounds.
Israeli warplanes carry out a fresh wave of airstrikes across the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday
Red flames flash from buildings in Gaza as Israel unleashed powerful strikes on Gaza City on Monday
Israeli warplanes could be seen in the skies over Gaza carrying out fearsome strikes on targets in Gaza today
A plume of black smoke rises above buildings in Rafah, southern Gaza, after Netanyahu declared his men were 'responding forcefully' to 'wanton aggression'
Israeli officials said the self-manufactured rocket was fired from a launching pad in the southern part of the coastal strip, near Rafah, and had a range of about 75 miles (officials search the home today)
Robert Wolf stands inside his house after it was hit by a rocket in the village of Mishmeret, north of Tel Aviv
The sounds of air raid sirens had jolted residents of the Sharon area, northeast of Tel Aviv, from their sleep shortly after 5am, sending many to their bomb shelters.
'It's a miracle that nobody got killed,' said Assi Dvilanski, a Magen David Adom paramedic who was one of the first responders at the scene.
Netanyahu held emergency consultations with military officials back in Israel and cancelled a planned address to the AIPAC conference.
'There has been a criminal attack on the State of Israel and we will respond forcefully,' he said. 'In a few hours I will meet with President Trump. I will return to Israel immediately afterward.'
Anticipating a strong Israeli response, Gaza's Hamas leaders have apparently gone underground.
Witnesses reported seeing Hamas evacuating its personnel from government premises.
Hamas also announced that its Gaza chief, Yehiya Sinwar, had cancelled a scheduled public speech. Israel also shut down its main crossings into Gaza and imposed restrictions on fishing off the Gazan coast.
Wolf said: 'If we hadn't gotten to the bomb shelter in time, I would now be burying all my family'
Trump next to Netanyahu during a ceremony to sign a proclamation recognising Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights today
A view of the damage at a house that suffered a direct hit from a missile reportedly fired by Gaza rulers Hamas in the early hours of this morning
Israeli police inspect the site after a rare long-distance improvised Hamas rocket was said to have destroyed the home, injuring seven occupants and killing two family dogs
Israeli troops close a road in the southern Kibbutz of Mefalsim near the border with Gaza earlier today
Seven people were wounded in the attack, and two dogs belonging to the family died
Monday's attack came 10 days after rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel's densely populated commercial capital of Tel Aviv.
The Israeli military at the time struck back and the sides appeared to be moving toward another confrontation. But Gaza's Hamas leaders said the rocket was fired accidently and calm was quickly restored.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday's attack, but it would seem to be much harder to dismiss the latest incident as another misfire.
A possible trigger could have been a prison riot late Sunday when Hamas-affiliated prisoners stabbed an Israeli guard in the neck in southern Israel.
Israeli guards moved in to subdue the rioters, wounding about a dozen prisoners, three of them seriously. In a statement, Hamas called for an end to the crackdown.
'We do not yet have a full understanding of who exactly ordered the firing of the rocket,' said Eran Lerman, a former deputy director at Israel's National Security Council.
'It's a miracle that nobody got killed,' said Assi Dvilanski, a Magen David Adom paramedic who was one of the first responders at the scene
'But clearly this is no longer something that can be explained away as a mistake or a technical failure.'
Gaza is controlled by Hamas, a militant Palestinian group that seeks Israel's destruction and possesses a large arsenal of rockets and missiles capable of striking deep inside Israel.
The territory is home to other Palestinian militant groups, including Islamic Jihad, an Iranian-backed armed organization that also has a rocket arsenal.
Israel and Hamas have fought three wars since the group seized power in the strip in 2007. Smaller flare-ups have occurred sporadically since Israel and Hamas fought their last war in 2014. Israel says it holds Hamas responsible for all fire coming out of the coastal territory.
The outburst comes at a sensitive time for both sides. Israel is holding national elections in 15 days. Netanyahu, who also served as defense minister, is locked in a tight fight for re-election and has faced heavy criticism from his opponents for what they say has been an ineffective response to Gaza militants.
'The reality in which Hamas turned Israel into a hostage is unprecedented and unfathomable,' his chief challenger, Benny Gantz, wrote on Twitter on Monday.
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