Israel strikes 12 sites across Gaza amid recent escalation

Palestinians inspect a damaged house where a pregnant mother and her baby girl were killed while the father wounded after Israeli airstrikes, in central Gaza Strip town of Deir el-Ballah, on Aug. 9, 2018. Israel on Wednesday carried out large-scale airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting "12 terror sites," a military spokesperson said in a statement. (Xinhua/Stringer)