Gaza strip
Egypt opens Gaza border crossing 'indefinitely'
Rafah is the only passage to the outside world for Gaza - a densely populated enclave of around two million Palestinians, half of whom live below the poverty...
The strikes came as visiting Egyptian security officials strove to defuse the latest uptick in violence, a Hamas source said.
Israeli media reported that more than 30 fires were set around border communities by balloons carrying incendiary devices launched from Gaza.
It said a weapons manufacturing site and underground infrastructure were among the sites targeted.
The army said that Friday night's rocket launch at southern Israel was the first since 12 July.
Both the Erez crossing for people and Kerem Shalom crossing for goods had been closed on 4 May, when Gaza rulers Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad fired hundreds of rockets at Israel.
The tiny, densely populated enclave's health ministry said among those killed on Sunday were a pregnant woman and a four-month-old baby. The Israeli military declined to comment on the claim.
Israel said around 50 rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave and its air defence systems intercepted dozens of them.
Around 30 strikes targeted positions held by the military wing of Hamas, which governs Gaza, and their ally Islamic Jihad, causing significant damage, a Gazan security source told AFP.
Donald Trump is expected to unveil his long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace in the coming months.
Security officials in Gaza said the strikes had not caused any casualties.
Morrison also confirmed Australia’s support for a two-state solution with a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem.
The incursion late Friday triggered clashes with angry residents following a week of rising tensions.
The announcement by Education Minister Naftali Bennett was a dramatic climbdown from his Jewish Home party's earlier threat to leave the coalition if he was not named defence minister.
The flare-up came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday that led Hamas to vow revenge.
The Gulf state will provide $100 each to 50,000 poor families in the 'next few days', a statement from Qatar's Gaza Reconstruction Committee said late Tuesday.
Israel on Friday suspended fuel deliveries to the Gaza Strip, after fresh protests along the border that saw seven Palestinians killed by Israeli troops.
After a quiet night, Israel’s military told residents in the south they could return to their daily routines.
There was no formal comment from Israel, but an Israeli official who spoke on condition of anonymity denied a cease-fire had been reached.