PHOTOS: More destruction in Gaza

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Battles between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers have surged to their worst levels since 2014.

Palestinians walk amid the rubble of a house that was hit by early morning Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israeli security forces clean up a site in Ramat Gan, Israel, near Tel Aviv, struck by rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2021. The largely liberal, secular beachside city of Tel Aviv has a reputation for being a hedonistic bubble. But during the past week, Tel Aviv has been targeted by at least 160 rockets. (Corinna Kern/The New York Times)

A victim of an Israeli airstrike mourns the loss of family members in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, May 16, 2021. The Israeli bombing in Gaza City killed at least 33 people, including 12 women and eight children, and wounded 50 others, according to Palestinian health authorities. They said the toll was likely to climb as rescuers picked through the rubble searching for victims and survivors. (Hosam Salem/The New York Times)

Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system intercepts rockets launched into Tel Aviv from the Gaza Strip, May 16, 2021. The largely liberal, secular beachside city has a reputation for being a hedonistic bubble. But during the past week, Tel Aviv has been targeted by at least 160 rockets. (Corinna Kern/The New York Times)

A Palestinian boy near the ruins of his house after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021. Civilian deaths on both sides raise urgent questions about which military actions are legal, what war crimes are being committed and who, if anyone, will be held to account. (Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times)

Anas al-Yazji looks for his fiance, Shaimaa Abul Ouf, among the rubble left by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, May 16, 2021. The Israeli bombing in Gaza City killed at least 33 people, including 12 women and eight children, and wounded 50 others, according to Palestinian health authorities. They said the toll was likely to climb as rescuers picked through the rubble searching for victims and survivors. (Hosam Salem/The New York Times)

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Palestinians walk amid the rubble of a house that was hit by early morning Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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