Netanyahu vows 'massive strikes'

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced that he ordered "massive strikes" to continue on the Gaza Strip.

"This morning I instructed the IDF [Israel Defence Forces] to continue with massive strikes against terrorists in the Gaza Strip and I also instructed that forces around the Gaza Strip be stepped up with tank, artillery and infantry forces," he said.

Gaza has already suffered considerable damage. Musa abu-Marzouq, a member of Hamas' politburo, said his movement would refrain from inflicting the same amount of damage on Israel's civilian infrastructure.

“The Israeli occupation violates international law in targeting residential buildings and civil infrastructure. The Palestinian resistance will not commit the same crime in its response to the Israeli crimes,” he said.

That being said, rockets from Gaza have landed in civilian areas and residential buildings.