Israeli troops have launched a ground operation in the northern Gaza Strip, the first since the offensive against Hamas began, as Palestinian deaths continue to mount.
The navy commandos' brief incursion - which ignored a United Nations call for a ceasefire - targeted a rocket launcher site, according to Israeli public radio.
The armed branch of Hamas confirmed that Israeli troops had exchanged gunfire with Palestinian fighters.
Thousands of residents in northern Gaza have fled their homes, after a warning from Israel's military that they should leave "for their own safety".
Artillery flares illuminate the sky following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Leaflets have been dropped into the town of Beit Lahiya near Gaza's northern border which read: "Those who fail to comply with the instructions to leave immediately will endanger their lives and the lives of their families. Beware."
Israel says it plans to step up its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza over the next 24 hours in an effort to stop missiles being fired into Israel.
It has been massing military hardware and troops close to the border with northern Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military was hitting Hamas "with growing force," warning there was no end in sight.
A picture tweeted by Israel claiming to target a militant rocket site "We do not know when this operation will end," he told ministers.
In an interview on CBS's Face the Nation, he defended the offensive.
"When we began this interview we were under bomb alert and as the minutes passed now we're told people can go out into the open air again," he said.
"This is the kind of reality we're living in. And we'll do whatever is necessary to put an end to it."
Tel Aviv residents take cover during an air raid siren warning of an attack Mr Netanyahu urged Americans to imagine US cities from the East Coast to Colorado, or 80% of the population, were under threat of rocket attack, with only 60 to 90 seconds to reach a bomb shelter.
"That's what we're experiencing right now, as we speak," he said.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has phoned Mr Netanyahu to renew a US offer to help mediate a truce.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to ask the United Nations for international protection as the six-day offensive continues.
Israeli soldiers rest in the shade of trees near central Gaza Israel began its offensive on Tuesday in response to weeks of rocket attacks from Hamas militants in Gaza, who are understood to have fired more than 600 missiles into the country.
Two more rockets shot from Gaza were destroyed over the Tel Aviv area by the Iron Dome missile defence system on Sunday, several hours after another two rockets were intercepted over Lod, close to the country's main airport.
Hamas has denied being behind a rocket attack on Israel from Lebanon on Saturday evening.
A rocket fired from Syria hit the Golan Heights, falling on open ground and causing no casualties, an army spokeswoman told AFP.
Israeli soldiers walk across a field near central Gaza strip Earlier that day an Israeli warplane bombed the home of Gaza's police chief and damaged a nearby mosque, killing at least 18 people and wounding 50.
It was the deadliest single attack during the five-day conflict, which has now claimed 165 Palestinian lives and left more than 1,000 injured.
No Israelis have died so far in the latest conflict, and many of the rockets fired into the country have been intercepted by Iron Dome.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) defended its military campaign via social media.
"To warn civilians of an impending strike, the IDF drops leaflets, makes personalized phone calls & sends SMSes. How many militaries do that?" it tweeted.
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