Israeli jets carry out more air strikes in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to "continue to respond forcefully" to rocket attacks as conflict with Palestinians in Gaza enters a seventh day.

Also today: troops in Myanmar are reported to have carried out raids in a town where there's a rebellion against February's military coup; and we hear a tribute to the first African American man to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

Joining Weekend to discuss these and other issues: Moroccan journalist Aida Alami and Peter Frankopan, professor of global history at the University of Oxford.

(Photo: The site of a direct rocket hit in Ramat Gan, where an Israeli man was killed. Credit: Getty Images)