 Now for stories outside Africa, explosions have rocked Gaza on Wednesday morning as airstrikes targeted the city following a night of escalating hostility between Israel and Islamist group Hamas. Plumes of smoke were seen rising from buildings after a series of large explosions began rattling the city on Wednesday. Israel said its jets had targeted and killed several Hamas intelligence leaders early on Wednesday after carrying out hundreds of airstrikes on Gaza. Other strikes targeted what the military said were rocket launch sites and Hamas offices. Hamas and other Palestinian militants fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and Bershiba overnight.