Israeli air strikes hit Hamas commander’s home and Gaza tunnels

A Palestinian searches for survivors under the rubble of a destroyed roof of a residential building in Gaza City which was hit by Israeli missile strike (Khalil Hamra/AP)

Israel unleashed new air strikes on Gaza early on Tuesday, hitting the high-rise home of a Hamas field commander and two border tunnels dug by militants, as Hamas and other armed groups fired dozens of rockets toward Israel.

It was an escalation sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem.