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Sirens blare and rockets are intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome over Jerusalem, amid the war raging with Hamas militants in Gaza. The Israeli army has confirmed "sirens sounding in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem", Israel's biggest cities, while a parliament meeting inaugurating its winter session was interrupted by the rocket fire. IMAGES
Rocket sirens are heard in Tel Aviv for the first time in weeks. Hamas's armed wing said it fired at Israel's financial capital in response to "massacres against civilians" in Gaza, where the militant group is battling Israeli forces. IMAGES
A salvo of rockets is fired from the southern Gaza Strip towards central Israel. IMAGES
Sirens blare in the streets and the Azrieli shopping mall of Tel Aviv, in Israel, after Hamas says it launched rockets from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Sirens go off in Tel Aviv and explosions can be heard as Iron Dome intercepts rockets fired from Gaza. On Friday, with the war in its third month since October 7 and Israeli forces squeezing Gaza's main cities, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the unprecedented step of invoking Article 99 of the UN Charter, which allows him to convene the Security Council over any matter that he sees as "threatening the maintenance of international peace and security." IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.