As it happened: Gaza-Israel violence 18 November 2012

Key Points

  • Israel has attacked Gaza for a fifth day, after a Hamas commander was killed in an Israeli air strike on Wednesday
  • Sunday is the bloodiest day of the operation so far - the casualties included at least 10 Palestinians killed in a single air strike
  • Dozens more rockets have been fired from Gaza at several Israeli towns and cities including the commercial capital, Tel Aviv
  • The violence has claimed the lives of around 70 Palestinians, many of them civilians, and three Israeli civilians
  • All times are in GMT