Here are the facts:
Number of attacks
Since the start of Operation Protective Edge on July 8 Israel's defence force has reported that more 1,790 rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel.
Britain and particularly London endured two major phases of aerial assault during World War Two.
A building falls during World War II, London (Rex)
The Blitz was launched in September 1940 following the failure of the Luftwaffe to destroy the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain. Wave after wave of German bombers – up to 40,000 sorties were flown – defied British defences to drop 35,000 tons of explosives, including 18,800 tons of high explosives plus incendiaries and parachute bombs.
King George Vi visits a wreckage in Bristol where there had been severe bomb damage, December 1940 (Rex)
Later in the war, as many as 9,000 V1s and 1,000 V2s hit Britain as the German army retreated following the Normandy invasion.
Number of deaths
Three Israeli citizens have been killed and more than a dozen injured in the attacks, while 32 troops have died in the military operation targeting Hamas.
Palestinian's sit on a building damaged by Israeli bombardment in the Jabalia district of the northern Gaza Strip (Eyevine)
The death toll in Gaza has risen to 746, according to local sources.
During the German wartime campaign on Britain an estimated 40,000 died and 90,000 suffered serious injuries. About 2 million homes were destroyed.
The Hamas arsenal has five variants of rockets and missiles. Its basic weapon is the Qassam rocket with a range of less than ten miles but it also has a large stockpile of the 122mm Katyushas which boast a range of up to 30 miles. The introduction of the M-75 and M0302 missiles means Hamas boast offensive weapons with a longer range of up to 100 miles and a much greater explosive impact.
An Israeli 155mm cannon fires a shell toward Gaza Strip at an army deployment area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza (Rex)
Towards the end of the war the German high command authorised attacks using the newly developed V1 and V2 rockets both capable of carrying one ton of high explosive. Between June 1944 and March 1945 the so-called "Hitler's revenge" weapon killed 8,938 people.
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