'Upsurge in Israel-Hamas violence continues as UN says Gaza faces food crisis'

03:23 May 15
'(14 Nov 2008) SHOTLIST Sderot, southern Israel  1. Pull in to ambulances driving into Sderot 2. Security sitting by crater caused by rocket, pan to crater 3. Wide of damaged house  4. Wide of street with security  Kibbutz Nir-Am, southern Israel 5. Wide of security at area hit by rocket 6. Mid of police car with security getting out of it 7. Various of Qassam rocket remnants 8. Mid of policemen  9. Police cleaning debris outside house hit by rocket 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Micha Ben Hillel, resident of Kibbutz Nir-Am:  \"A Qassam rocket hit the centre of a residential area in our Kibbutz, fortunately there were no casualties but a lot of damage was created.\" 11. Mid of Micha Ben Hillel talking  12. Security standing by remnants of Qassam rocket 13. Mid of local residents  14.SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Kobi Arush Israeli Security Officer for Sderot and the region: \"Obviously there was a colour red alert, we went out, there were some problems inside the city, we have a few people suffering from shock, there was damage, that is it. It seems like it is back to normal.\"  15. Security forces standing at police car  16. Security examining ground Southern Israel, border with Gaza  17. Various of Israeli tanks patrolling near border with Gaza Nahal Oz Crossing 18. Various of closed fuel station at Nahal Oz crossing 19. Various of fuel tankers  20. Wide of crossing 21. Mid of army post Gaza city, Gaza Strip 22. Wide exterior of shop in Gaza  23. Mid of traffic light 24. Wide exterior of shop 25. Various interior of shop with empty shelves 26. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) no name given, shopkeeper: \"There is no electricity and no gas that I can light up something to help me see and show the costumers around to enable them to purchase their goods, so this is a very severe problem that we experience during the night and it forces us to start closing down (shops) early because keeping them open in the dark becomes very difficult.\"  27. Mid of half empty shelf inside shop STORYLINE Israeli aircraft fired missiles at militants in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday and Palestinians sent rocket barrages flying into Israel as newly resumed violence threatened to bury a five-month-old ceasefire. Israel has sealed its crossings with the coastal territory for ten days during the upsurge in violence, halting shipments of food aid and fuel, and causing the United Nations to warn of a severe crisis. Israel\'s military said the airstrike targeted rocket launchers, and an official within Gaza\'s Health Ministry said two gunmen were moderately wounded. Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip unleashed a barrage of rockets at the nearby Israeli town of Sderot, where Israeli rescue services said they were treating one person wounded by shrapnel.  Several other rockets hit agricultural communities near the Israel-Gaza border and more rockets hit the coastal city of Ashkelon.  No casualties were reported in those strikes. Israeli police and rescue services announced they were raising their alert level in preparation for more attacks. Hamas claimed responsibility for firing the rockets in a text message sent to reporters. The June ceasefire began disintegrating last week when Israeli forces entered Gaza to try destroy what the military said was a tunnel dug by militants to carry out a planned cross-border raid. Eleven militants have been killed in more than a week of fighting, and some 140 rockets and mortars have been fired from Gaza at Israel.  Both sides have said they want to continue the truce, but events signal the opposite is happening.  Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6acb9fca5b85e0451910116e6379624c' 

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