Gaza militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel on Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as far north as Tel Aviv and sending fighters into southern cities near the border. Follow the latest below.
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Dozens of rockets are fired from Gaza City towards Israel on Saturday. (AFP) 
Cars are seen on fire following the rocket attack from the Gaza Strip in into southern Israel. (AFP) 
Smoke billows from a residential building following a retaliatory Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Saturday. (Mohammed Abed/AFP) 
Members of the Israeli frorces take cover on the side of a street in Ashkelon in southern Israel near Gaza as sirens wail. (AFP) 
Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus celebrate the Hamas surprise attack on Israel. (Jaafar Ashtiye/ AFP) 
Israelis donate blood in Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Centre after officials called for donors in the wake of the attack. (Getty) 
Palestinians carry a victim following an Israeli air strike at the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday. (AFP)