Border skirmishes between Israel and Gaza heat up.<br/> <br />Medical officials say airstrikes in the early hours of Saturday wounded at least 17 people in the Gaza Strip.<br/> <br />This man says his home was hit around 2am, while he was sharing tea with his children.<br/> <br />Israel targeted three Hamas security strongholds in what is believed to be ongoing retaliation for a raid last week that killed an Israeli man.<br/> <br />At least 14 Palestinian militants and civilians, including a 14-year-old boy, have been killed in airstrikes over the past week.<br/> <br />In response, groups in Gaza fired several rockets into southern Israeli on Saturday.<br/> <br />Reports say one Israeli was wounded and a factory was damaged.<br/> <br />The surge in violence is threatening to unravel a shaky Egyptian-brokered truce; after Hamas on Wednesday agreed to stop rocket fire if Israel halted its airstrike campaign.<br/> <br />Jessica Gray, Reuters
