Israeli forces launch air strikes on besieged Palestinian enclave following Hamas blitzkrieg on illegal settlements and towns near Gaza-Israel fence. More than 500 people have been killed on both sides so far.
Gaza is a narrow strip where 2.3 million Palestinians have lived under an Israeli blockade for 16 years. / Photo: AFPChina has said it was"deeply concerned" by the weekend's dramatic escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestine, urging all sides to show"calm".
In a briefing on social media, the spokesperson also said that the high number of civilian and military personnel taken hostage by Hamas in Saturday's surprise attack on illegal settlements and Israeli towns near Gaza would shape the future of the war and what Israel would do against Hamas. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said the US did not have any information at the moment to determine that Iran was involved in the"specific" assault in Israel, even though Tehran's long-standing support for Hamas was well known.2200 GMT — Israeli troops kill 6 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has spoken on the telephone with French President Emmanuel Macron and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken amid escalating tension in the region. "We will turn all the places in which Hamas is based … all the places Hamas is hiding in, acting from into rubble," Netanyahu said in a televised address to the nation."This war will take time, it will be difficult. Challenging days are ahead of us," he said.Saudi Arabia has said its foreign minister had told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the kingdom rejects the targeting of unarmed civilians"in any way".
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