Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. Palestinian medics said at least four people were killed in one of several air strikes in northern Gaza. Sirens sounded in two major southern Israeli cities warning of incoming fire from Gaza. Smoke and flames rise during an Israeli air strike, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza City. Cross-border hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have been accompanied by violence in mixed communities of Jews and Arabs in Israel.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 15, 2021 01:52 UTC