The night sky lit up over Gaza on Saturday 6 August, as rockets fired from the territory were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system.

Israeli air strikes also hit the territory.

The rockets coming from Gaza are believed to have been fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) after Israeli air strikes flattened buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the home of a senior PIJ commander Khaled Mansour, who was killed in the strike.

The tit-for-tat attacks have raised fears of another major escalation in the conflict, which is reported to have killed dozens of people so far.

The latest round of fighting began with Israel’s killing of another senior PIJ commander in a wave of strikes on Friday that Israel said was to prevent an imminent attack.

This footage was filmed and produced 6 August 2022.

Israeli airstrikes flattened homes in Gaza on Saturday and Palestinian rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted for a second day, raising fears of another major escalation in the Mideast conflict. Gaza’s health ministry said 24 people had been killed so far in the coastal strip, including six children.

The fighting began with Israel’s killing of a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group in a wave of strikes Friday that Israel said were meant to prevent an imminent attack.

The video shows the current situation in Gaza, with Israeli air strikes pounding the city.