Israel has carried out fresh air strikes on Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered retaliation for one of the heaviest barrages of rocket-fire by Hamas in months. The Israeli military said about half of the 10 rockets which were fired from Gaza late on Sunday landed inside Israel,

Gaza More than 40 people were killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza overnight on Sunday, the enclave's civil defence agency said, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged a “strong response” to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas.

Jerusalem: Three people were slightly injured during a rocket attack on southern Israel by Hamas, which prompted the Israeli army to launch multiple airstrikes on central Gaza later in the day, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said nations need to apply "real pressure" on Russia to end its attacks on Ukraine following Russian air strikes on a residential area on Friday.

The strike was the first large-scale attack using missiles and drones since the U.S. said it had negotiated two ceasefire accords with Russia and Ukraine.

One person was killed Sunday as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while the death toll from Friday's deadly attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih continued to rise.