Israel deploys tanks after cross-border fighting with Gaza

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A picture taken on March 26, 2019, shows Palestinians walking amidst the rubble of a building in Gaza City, after Israeli air strikes hit dozens of sites across the Strip overnight in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave. – Those strikes were in response to a rare long-distance rocket attack from the Palestinian enclave that hit a home north of Tel Aviv and wounded seven people early on Monday. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Israeli tanks are in position at the Gaza border after a night of back-and-forth attacks with Palestinian militants – and Prime Minister Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to do more.

He rushed home Monday following a meeting with US President Donald Trump.

CGTN’s Stephanie Freid reports from Tel Aviv.


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