A week of fighting has left more than 200 people dead in Israel and the occupied territories, the vast majority of them Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
Here's how the first eight days of violence unfolded. nyti.ms/3u7sxpD
Day 1: Israeli airstrikes began last Monday after militants in Gaza fired a salvo of rockets toward Jerusalem, where Israeli police had raided the Aqsa Mosque compound. nyti.ms/3u7sxpD
Day 2: By last Tuesday night, more than 30 Palestinians had been killed, including 10 children. nyti.ms/3u7sxpD
Day 3: Episodes of violence between Jews and Arabs were reported in several Israeli cities as rockets and missiles streaked overhead. nyti.ms/3u7sxpD
Day 4: Israel intensified its campaign of airstrikes against Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, pulverizing buildings, offices and homes. nyti.ms/3u7sxpD
Day 5: Violence erupted in several places on the West Bank, where Israeli soldiers fired on Palestinian demonstrators, some of whom threw stones and lit fires. nyti.ms/3u7sxpD
Day 6: Israel destroyed a building that housed the offices of two major news media outlets. Thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and Gaza militants fired more rockets toward Tel Aviv. nyti.ms/3u7sxpD
Day 7: In the conflict’s most lethal episode so far, dozens of Palestinians were killed early Sunday morning in an Israeli airstrike on several apartments in Gaza City. nyti.ms/3u7sxpD
Day 8: The Israeli Army released 110 rockets and bombs on some 35 targets in a predawn bombardment that lasted about 20 minutes. nyti.ms/3u7sxpD
The week of fighting between Israel and Hamas has left more than 200 people dead. Maps show more of the devastation. nyti.ms/3u7sxpD
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