Palestinians extinguish a fire after an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City November 14, 2012. REUTERS/Ali Hassan
Conflict in Gaza
The military commander of Islamist militant group Hamas is killed in an Israeli air strike after Palestinian rocket attacks. A ceasefire is reached five days later.
Panic in Gaza after Israeli strike Ahmeh Al-Jaabari, a top Hamas military commander, was targeted by an Israeli rocket and killed. Panic quickly ensued around the wreckage.
Conflict in Gaza
Israelis react and run for cover as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi November 15, 2012. Hamas rocket killed three Israelis north of the Gaza Strip, drawing first blood from Israel as the Palestinian death toll rose to 13 and the military showdown lurched closer to all-out war. REUTERS/Nir Elias
Conflict in Gaza
Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish a fire after an Israeli air strike on the building of Hamas' Ministry of Interior in Gaza City November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Conflict in Gaza
Smoke trails are seen as an Iron Dome intercepts a rocket which was launched from Gaza, near the southern town of Sderot November 15, 2012. A Hamas rocket killed three Israelis north of the Gaza Strip, drawing the first blood from Israel as the Palestinian death toll rose to 15 in a military showdown. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Conflict in Gaza
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen through a damaged car window after a rocket fired from Gaza landed in the southern city of Ashdod. Israel has started drafting 16,000 reserve troops, in a sign that violence could escalate further with Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Conflict in Gaza
Gaza ceasefire celebrated as civilians count cost A ceasefire between Palestinian militants and Israel is celebrated in Gaza and elsewhere and quickly praised by international diplomats, as both sides of the eight day conflict count the human cost.