Israel bombs Gaza after IDF raid kills 11 Palestinians in West Bank
Angry residents of Nablus parade bodies of those killed in Israeli raid
Militants launched rockets at southern Israel on Thursday, and Israeli aircraft struck targets in Gaza, in an escalation of the conflict after daytime raids by Israeli military forces in the occupied West Bank killed 11 Palestinians.
The bloodshed extends one of the deadliest periods in years in the West Bank.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said they had struck several targets in northern and central Gaza, including a weapons manufacturing site and a military compound belonging to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
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