Israeli military steps up Gaza Strip airstrikes on second day of offensive

Foxnews.com: The Israeli military said early Wednesday that it had struck dozens of sites linked to the Islamic militant group Hamas on the second day of an offensive aimed at stopping rocket attacks aimed at key cities across Israel.

The army said it attacked more than 160 sites in Gaza early Wednesday, including 118 concealed rockets launching sites, six Hamas compounds — including naval police and national security compounds — 10 militant command centers, weapons storage facilities and 10 tunnels used for militant activity and to ferry supplies in from Egypt. The border between Gaza and Egypt has effectively been closed for months.

Since the offensive began Tuesday, Israel has attacked more than 400 sites in Gaza. Palestinian health officials have claimed that at least 32 people have been killed in the strikes.

Israeli Army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner added that at least four rockets were fired at Israeli territory overnight, a decline from the large barrage the evening before. Air raid sirens could be heard in Tel Aviv and southern Israel early Wednesday and Reuters reported that at least two rockets aimed at the city had been shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system.

The BBC reported that rockets fired from Gaza reached Jerusalem late

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