Israel's army said on Sunday that about 2,900 rockets had been fired from the coastal strip controlled by Hamas towards Israel,"of which approximately 450 failed launches fell in the Gaza Strip".
Israeli air strikes also hit the home of Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas' political wing in the Gaza Strip, the army said, releasing a video showing plumes of smoke and intense damage, but without saying if he was killed. Some 10,000 Gazans have fled their homes near the Israeli border for fear of a ground offensive, the UN said.
Al Jazeera's Jerusalem bureau chief, Walid al-Omari, told AFP:"It is clear that those who are waging this war do not only want to spread destruction and death in Gaza, but also to silence media that are witnessing, documenting and reporting the truth."Israeli defence officials said the building housed not only news bureaus but offices of Hamas militants.
US Secretary for Israel-Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr was to hold talks Sunday with Israeli leaders before meeting Palestinian officials to seek a"sustainable calm", the State Department said.European Union foreign ministers are to discuss the crisis on Tuesday, with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Sunday calling the situation"highly explosive" and pleading for"an end to the violence".
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