Tensions are escalating as fighting between Israelis and Palestinians increases. NBC's Martin Fletcher and Ayman Mohyeldin report.By Lawahez Jabari, NBC NewsUpdated 2:24 p.m. ET: Three Israeli civilians were killed and six injured on Thursday as rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, including a long-range missile that struck a suburb eight miles south of Tel Aviv.
Israel launched numerous airstrikes across the Gaza Strip as the region's military showdown lurched closer to all-out war. Fifteen Palestinians have been killed and 100 injured in Gaza since Wednesday, Reuters reported.
The long-range missile, which landed in an open area outside Rishon Lezion, causing no injuries or damage, was thought to be the first of its kind launched from Gaza. Air raid sirens were later sounded in Tel Aviv, at about 6.30 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. ET), NBC News reported.NBC's John Ray reports from a funeral procession for Hamas' Ahmed Jabari in Gaza City, where Palestinians vow to avenge the deadly Israeli strike.
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