Israeli tanks take position inside the Gaza Strip July 25, 2014. A flurry of long-range rocket launches on Friday set off sirens around Israel’s commercial capital of Tel Aviv, where witnesses reported several interceptions by the Iron Dome air defence system. A building was hit in the southern coastal town of Ashkelon but there were no casualties. Gaza officials said Israeli strikes killed 19 people on Friday. They put the number of Palestinian deaths in 18 days of conflict at 808, most of them civilians. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY CONFLICT)