The Israeli military says it has shot down more rockets sent by Palestinian militants as Israel's major air offensive over the Gaza Strip enters its second day.
An army spokesman said at least two further rockets sent from Gaza were intercepted over Tel Aviv on Wednesday, as air raid sirens sent residents running for cover.
The military said its Iron Dome rocket defence system intercepted another three rockets over the city of Ashkelon.
In Gaza, meanwhile, medics claimed an Israeli drone strike killed a motorcyclist and injured one other.
Israeli tanks at the southern border with the Gaza Strip Other reports suggest another seven people, including a Palestinian militant, were killed in separate strikes.
The fatalities come hours after at least 25 people, including children, were killed in the biggest Israeli assault on Gaza in nearly two years.
The Israeli military said it targeted 160 sites, bringing the total number of targets hit to 440.
The IDF says Hamas is firing from civilian areas. Pic: IDF/Twitter Israel says the offensive is in response to scores of rockets fired across the border by the Islamist militant group Hamas in recent days.
Hamas says it has targeted cities including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with one rocket reported to have landed as far away as Hadera, which is 60 miles from the Gaza Strip.
It also claims to have fired rockets at the northern city of Haifa, some 88 miles from Gaza, although there were no reports of any rockets landing.
A wounded Palestinian is stretchered into hospital The Israeli cabinet has warned it may now send ground troops into Gaza, and has authorised the call-up of as many as 40,000 reservists.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) also posted an image on Twitter which it said revealed rockets were being sent from civilian areas in Gaza.
It captioned the picture: "PROOF: #Hamas fires at Israel from populated areas and uses Palestinians in #Gaza as human shields."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said continued rocket attacks on Israeli communities would not be tolerated.
A house in Gaza destroyed by an Israeli attack "Therefore I have ordered the military to significantly broaden its operation against Hamas terrorists and against the other terrorist groups inside Gaza," he said on national TV.
"I call on you to display patience because this operation could take time."
Israel and Hamas are bitter enemies and have been involved in numerous clashes over the years.
Until recently, however, they had been observing a truce that ended the previous hostilities.
Tensions have increased since the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank on June 12.
Israel blamed Hamas and launched a crackdown on the group's members and arrested hundreds of people.
Hamas, which controls Gaza, responded by stepping up rocket fire.
The situation deteriorated last week after the bodies of the Israeli youths were found and a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem was abducted and burned to death in what was viewed as a revenge attack.
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