• A Palestinian boy carries belongings from a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel launched an offensive against Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing some 50 targets, including homes, in a campaign meant to end Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    A Palestinian boy carries belongings from a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel launched an offensive against Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing some 50 targets, including homes, in a campaign meant to end Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • A ball of fire is seen following an Israel airstrike on Gaza International Airport in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Monday. Said Khatib / AFP Photo
    A ball of fire is seen following an Israel airstrike on Gaza International Airport in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Monday. Said Khatib / AFP Photo
  • Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border on Tuesday. Amir Cohen / Reuters
    Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border on Tuesday. Amir Cohen / Reuters
  • A Palestinian girl stands in a destroyed building following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on Tuesday . The Israeli air force launched dozens of raids on the Gaza Strip overnight after massive rocket fire from the enclave pounded southern Israel, leaving 17 people injured, sources said. Mahmud Hams / AFP PHOTO
    A Palestinian girl stands in a destroyed building following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on Tuesday . The Israeli air force launched dozens of raids on the Gaza Strip overnight after massive rocket fire from the enclave pounded southern Israel, leaving 17 people injured, sources said. Mahmud Hams / AFP PHOTO
  • Palestinians survey a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel launched an offensive against Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing some 50 targets, including homes, in a campaign meant to end Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    Palestinians survey a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel launched an offensive against Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing some 50 targets, including homes, in a campaign meant to end Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • Palestinians carry belongings from a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel launched an offensive against Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing some 50 targets, including homes, in a campaign meant to end Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    Palestinians carry belongings from a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel launched an offensive against Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing some 50 targets, including homes, in a campaign meant to end Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • Palestinian children play at the site of an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on Tuesday. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza with more than 50 strikes after Hamas militants fired scores of rockets over the border, dragging the two sides towards a major conflict. Mohammed Abed / AFP PHOTO
    Palestinian children play at the site of an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on Tuesday. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza with more than 50 strikes after Hamas militants fired scores of rockets over the border, dragging the two sides towards a major conflict. Mohammed Abed / AFP PHOTO
  • Palestinian men inspect the site of an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on Tuesday. The Israeli air force launched dozens of raids on the Gaza Strip overnight after massive rocket fire from the enclave pounded southern Israel, leaving 17 people injured, sources said. Mahmud Hams / AFP PHOTO
    Palestinian men inspect the site of an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on Tuesday. The Israeli air force launched dozens of raids on the Gaza Strip overnight after massive rocket fire from the enclave pounded southern Israel, leaving 17 people injured, sources said. Mahmud Hams / AFP PHOTO
  • A Palestinian woman gestures as she stands amidst destruction following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on Tuesday. The Israeli air force launched dozens of raids on the Gaza Strip overnight after massive rocket fire from the enclave pounded southern Israel, leaving 17 people injured, sources said. Mahmud Hams / AFP PHOTO
    A Palestinian woman gestures as she stands amidst destruction following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on Tuesday. The Israeli air force launched dozens of raids on the Gaza Strip overnight after massive rocket fire from the enclave pounded southern Israel, leaving 17 people injured, sources said. Mahmud Hams / AFP PHOTO

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In pictures: Israeli army launches aerial offensive on Gaza Strip

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The Israeli army said it launched an offensive operation early Tuesday against the Gaza Strip to quell rocket attacks, and a Palestinian official said Israeli airstrikes injured at least nine Palestinians. The Israeli airstrikes come after Gaza militants fired dozens of rockets at southern Israel on Monday, setting off air raid sirens and forcing hundreds of thousands of Israelis to stay indoors.

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