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Israel In Turmoil: Violence Spreads To Streets And Occupied West Bank

The violence is taking many shapes, from Israeli warplanes to Hamas rockets and mobs of Jewish or Palestinian citizens torching cars and beating people.
Palestinians walk past the debris of the Al-Sharouk tower in Gaza City, which collapsed after being hit by an Israeli air strike.

Airstrikes, rocket attacks and street violence are reaching new levels of intensity in Israel and Gaza, with at least 90 people dead from the unrest as of Thursday. Many large international air carriers have now halted flights to Tel Aviv, a key target of rocket barrages.

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