Gaza militants and children among 26 dead amid Israel and Hamas conflict

Israel killed more than two dozen Gazans during a series of airstrikes launched since sundown on Monday evening.

Israel’s latest strikes, which hit a high-rise home of a Hamas field commander and two border tunnels, occurred as Gaza militants fired more than 250 rockets toward Israel, according to the Associated Press.

Of the 26 people who died, 16 of them were militants and at least nine were children, Gazan health officials said. Seven of the deaths were of a single family, including three children, who died in an explosion, though it's unclear if it was from an Israeli strike or a failed Gazan missile. An additional 122 people were wounded.

Two Israelis died while 10 others were injured amid the rocket fire.