The Israeli city of Tel Aviv has been coming under fire from Gaza.<br /><br />Two rockets are reported to have been intercepted mid-air.<br /><br />Israeli officials say at least 40 rockets have been fired into Israel since Monday morning.<br /><br />The Iron Dome defence system is stopping most of the rockets coming from Gaza, but a house was struck in the southern city of Sderot.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Israeli President Shimon Peres has been visiting the families of Israeli soldiers killed over the weekend during the ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. <br /><br />The state’s finance minister also paid a tribute at the funeral of one of the soldiers killed in the fighting.
