<span style="color: #222222;">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has ordered "massive strikes" on the Gaza Strip after a two-day surge in cross-border</span> attacks that killed six Palestinians and one Israeli. <br />''<br />''Israeli warplanes and gunboats continued to target the Gaza Strip today, as dozens of rockets were also fired from Gaza into southern Israel.<br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Netanyahu, who doubles as Israeli defence minister, said he has instructed that forces around the Gaza strip be stepped up with tank,</span> artillery and infantry forces. <br />''<br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Israeli media reported Gaza fighters over the past two days fired more than 400 rockets at towns and cities in southern Israel and that</span> Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile system had intercepted more than 250 of them.<br />''<br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Israeli army said its tanks and planes hit some 200 militant targets in Gaza in response.</span>