Neither Israel nor Hamas confirm stance on proposal
More than 180 Palestinians killed and 1,300 injured
Hamas PM: 'open to initiatives' but 'siege must end'
Rocket attacks from Gaza, Lebanon and Syria
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10.03pm BST
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet early Tuesday morning to discuss Egypt's proposed ceasefire, an Israeli official has told Reuters.
The official seemed to put a positive face on the proposed truce, saying that Israel's week-old offensive in the Gaza Strip had weakened the Islamist Hamas group militarily.
Hamas has said that it wants to see Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt the only one not controlled by Israel opened to the flow of goods.
9.54pm BST
Israel has renewed an intense bombardment of Gaza, with "non-stop air strikes" reported in Rafah, Biet Lahia and Gaza City.
Journalist Mohammed Omer reports: "air strikes are hitting all parts of the Gaza strip. Ambulances everywhere". Omer says the bombings "shake the windows" and he can hear screaming as a "massive attack" gets under way.
9.42pm BST
Here's a summary of the latest developments:
Egypt has proposed a truce and ceasefire agreement, which neither Israeli nor Palestinian leaders have yet accepted. The terms stipulate "de-escalation" by 6am GMT Tuesday, followed by a full ceasefire by 6pm GMT and talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials, in Cairo. It also calls for an end to hostilities "by land, sea and air" and for border crossings to reopen.
9.26pm BST
Israel's security cabinet will convene Tuesday morning to discuss the Egyptian proposal, Haaretz's diplomatic correspondent Barak Ravid reports, quoting an Israeli official.
IDF bombardment is ongoing in south Lebanon and Gaza, where air strikes just struck Rafah. The Palestinian death toll has reached 186, according to the Gaza health ministry, with nearly 1,400 wounded.
9.18pm BST
At least one rocket fired from Lebanon has struck Nahariya, in northern Israel, the IDF reports, signalling that hostilities have not subsided amid potential diplomatic and political developments. The IDF responded with artillery.
There are no reported casualties as yet, and it was the fourth time rockets from Lebanon have been fired at Israel in the past week.
9.14pm BST
Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh has ended his speech without word of Hamas' stance on Egypt's proposal.
He said that Hamas is "open to all initiatives to end Israeli aggression" and indicated that Palestinian president Khaled Meshaal represents a "diplomatic channel", but shied from any stronger implication.
9.00pm BST
Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh is speaking now in a televised speech to the people of Palestine, and accused Israel of premeditating the current offensive, saying "we did not start this conflict the enemy prepared for it."
"The embargo imposed on Gaza failed to destroy our will, failed to prevent resistance from getting all tools it needs to defend people. We've paid a heavy price for the siege. This has all failed, totally failed. There has been no political gain for Israel."
8.55pm BST
Details of Egypt's proposal have been relayed by the Guardian's Patrick Kingsley in Cairo, who notes the stages of its terms:
Egypt is calling for both sides in the Gaza conflict to begin de-escalation by 6am GMT tomorrow, a full ceasefire by 6pm GMT, and for Israeli and Palestinian officials to travel to Cairo within 48 hours of the ceasefire's start for separate talks between their respective delegations and neutral mediators."
According to a statement released by Cairo's foreign ministry on Monday night, Egypt's government wants both Israel and armed factions in Gaza to cease hostilities "by land, sea and air".
Israel is asked to stop "any ground incursions against Gaza or targeting civilians", while Gazans are requested "to refrain from firing all types of rockets, and from attacks on the borders or targeting civilians."
8.37pm BST
Egypt has proposed a ceasefire to begin Tuesday morning at 6am GMT, according to AFP, but neither Israel nor Hamas have said whether they will accept its terms.
The proposal "aims to cease all acts of violence being conducted by land, sea and air", according to ABC's foreign editor Jon Williams. The terms outline talks 48 hours later, in Cario, and for talks to center around "easing the flow of goods into Gaza", likely meaning an attempt to reopen borders.
The proposal late on Monday came on the eve of a scheduled visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry to Egypt, a traditional broker in Palestinian-Israeli conflicts, to push for a halt to seven days of exchanges that have left 184 Gazans dead.
"0600 GMT has been set for the beginning of the implementation of truce arrangements between the two sides," the text of the proposal said.
8.07pm BST
Hope for a ceasefire is slight but growing as journalists and outlets report claims of closed-door progress alongside two Israeli ministers' open-ended statements, which Reuters quotes.
"There are contacts all the time," communications minister Gilad Erdan said when asked about the possibility of John Kerry visiting Cairo.
Israel's Erdan told Channel 2 television Israel wanted "long-term calm, and a reality change, for Hamas and terrorist infrastructure to sustain as big a blow as possible". But "whether this happens alongside a diplomatic solution, at some point, we certainly wouldn't rule it out," Erdan said.
"We should not cease fire. We should put out the fire" in Gaza - Israeli security cabinet minister @NaftaliBennett to @Channel2News
"Qatar is the only one that reached out to us," Hamas official Ezzat al-Rishq said in Doha. "I wouldn't say it's mediation it's still too early they have just opened a line of communication with us, but there is no clear plan on what form of mediation this will be."
7.52pm BST
In a video report from Gaza, the AFP has interviewed a number of residents, who give testimony about life under bombardment. One man says "they are bombing the homes of civilians who have nothing to do with anything. There have been military casualties since the beginning too, but all the targets are civilian."
Others eschew comment on the bombing itself and describe the consequent resource crisis: one man explained his families decision to go home "because the children don't have water" and another woman explained her family's decision to stay because "there's no hygiene, and if we don't die from attacks we'll die from diseases like Hepatitis."
7.40pm BST
The Iron Dome has intercepted 15 of the 100 rockets and mortars fired at Israel today, according to numbers told to Haaretz by the Israeli military.
Almost 1,000 rockets have been launched into Israel since the crisis escalated in earnest a week ago, and two Bedouin sisters, aged 10 and 13, were wounded by an explosion earlier today, in southern Israel.
#Israel intel officials: 50% of sites in #Gaza where rockets manufactured hit. Only 55% of rocket arsenal in Gaza before op began remains.
7.36pm BST
Hundreds of foreigners have been evacuated from Gaza, including 27 British nationals and their dependents, as well as Americans, Norwegians, Romanians, Swedes and Canadians, the Guardian's Harriet Sherwood reports.
After leaving through a corridor negotiated with Israel to the main border crossing at Ere, in the north of the Gaza Strip, the various nationals crossed into Jordan with an escort of armored vehicles.
Most of the group were British Palestinians. According to a spokesman for the consulate, there are about 120 British nationals still in Gaza, along with British journalists covering the current conflict. A second evacuation may be organised if there is demand, he said.
"The safety and security of British nationals in Gaza is a very high priority. The operation to assist the departure of 27 British nationals was complex, requiring carefully thought through logistics and liaison with the UN, Israeli and Jordanian authorities. We remain in close touch with all the Brits who remain inside Gaza," said the spokesman.
7.20pm BST
The White House has discouraged Israel from making a ground offensive into Gaza, while also saying the Israeli government has the "right" and "responsibility" to respond to rocket attacks.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that the US is "concerned about the safety and welfare of innocent civilians on both sides of that conflict. We are encouraging the leaders on both sides to reflect that concern Nobody wants to see a ground invasion because that would put more civilians at risk."
7.13pm BST
Jordan's King Abdullah II urged Israel to "stop targeting civilians and respect international laws", speaking in a telephone call with UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, AFP reports.
"The king and Ban discussed developments in the Gaza Strip and the monarch warned against their repercussions for the entire region and its stability," the palace said.
With the Israeli campaign now in its seventh day, more than 170 Palestinians have been killed and 1,230 wounded.
7.03pm BST
Prospects for a brokered ceasefire are "pretty depressing", a western diplomat in Jerusalem tells the Guardian's Harriet Sherwood, who details diplomats' ongoing sallies to find a solution.
Arab foreign ministers are meeting in Cairo to "formulate a common Arab stance", while European, British and US diplomats have contacted "parties in the region", including the Palestinian president and Israel's foreign minister. US secretary of state John Kerry is expected to visit Cairo tomorrow, and Tony Blair met Egyptian president al-Sisi this weekend; his ties to Egypt and Benjamin Netanyahu make him "unlikely to gain the confidence of Hamas as a peace-broker".
"It's a pretty depressing picture. Neither Egypt nor the US, the two international parties that could intervene, are interested in taking strong action," said a western diplomat in Jerusalem. "The Egyptians are quite happy to see Hamas take a beating, and the US is being cautious and is unwilling to get into a confrontation with Israel."
Daniel Levy, the Middle East director of the European Council for Foreign Relations, said: "A big part of the problem is that if both the US and Egypt are being standoffish, there is no one else to fill that vacuum. Europe can't do it."
6.46pm BST
Twenty-seven Britons and their Palestinian dependents have been evacuated, AP reports, along with 84 Romanian nationals and dependents.
Foreign secretary William Hague said the British left Gaza late Sunday through Israel to Jordan. Romania's foreign ministry said its citizens arrived at an air base north of Bucharest Monday from Amman, Jordan on military transport aircraft sent by the government.
6.35pm BST
6.21pm BST
Fifty to 100 people are marching in Jerusalem's Old City today in a demonstration apparently arranged by supporters of far-right politics, who are chanting "the land of Israel belongs to Jews" and "no leftists, no terror attacks". Police are reportedly present, as are opposing activists.
Activists report that just about 50 right-wingers came to protest in Jerusalem today after 1,500 said they'll attend on facebook
,, 1500 , -30. " ?" pic.twitter.com/BIfHrlFOIE
6.11pm BST
Here's a summary of the latest developments:
More than 175 Palestinians have been killed, about 80% being civilians and including more than 30 children, according to the UN estimate. More than 1,250 have been injured. Thousands of Gazans have fled their homes after Israel warned them of heavy strikes
5.52pm BST
Germany's foreign minister and his Jordanian counterpart have called on Hamas to stop firing rockets "immediately", AFP reports. Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the "terrifying images of dead and wounded civilians cannot be tolerated".
In Amman to meet Nasser Judeh, and on his way to Israel, Steinmeier said: "If we want to see an end to this violence, these attacks should stop. The Israelis and the Palestinians have no substitute for peace negotiations, even if this now is elusive. A two-state solution and an end to violence are needed."
5.43pm BST
British foreign secretary William Hague has said the Gaza crisis "underlines the terrible human cost to both sides", speaking to Parliament. Hague confirmed discussions by foreign ministers, including from Qatar and Egypt, and said the UK is concerned with the "disproportionate" military action by Israel. He continued:
The people of Israel have the right to live without constant fear for their security and the people of Gaza also have the fundamental right to live in peace and security.
"There are hundreds of thousands of extremely vulnerable civilians in Gaza who bear no responsibility for the rocket fire and are suffering acutely from this crisis."
5.25pm BST
My colleague Mona Mahmood (@monamood) has interviewed a resident of Gaza, who told her about life in the Deir al-Balah district under the ongoing bombardment. He calls the situation "truly catastrophic" and describes a shortages and "damage beyond anything you could imagine".
My uncle's house in Deir al-Balah district in Gaza, which is adjacent to my house, was aimed at by an Israeli cautionary rocket yesterday. The moment rocket hit the house, it blew up in endless shrapnel and left our house partially damaged. Thank God my uncle's family left the house a day before. All the neighbours who live nearby had to leave their houses soon after.
They were about 10 families all together, and they went to their relatives in other parts of Gaza. One of the fled families got back to the neighbourhood after few hours, their relatives got a phone call commanding them to evacuate their house too. Some of the families decided to seek refuge in schools, thinking they might be safer.
5.10pm BST
Two Bedouin girls have been injured by a rocket explosion in southern Israel, while Iron Dome systems intercept rockets over Be'er Sheva and air strikes continue against claimed rocket launcher locations, Haaretz reports. The Israeli daily also says an 80-year-old man injured himself while running for shelter.
A short while ago, a rocket attack from Gaza wounded 2 girls aged 11 and 13 in Lakiya (near Beersheba), 1 seriously and 1 moderately.
Israel pounding Syrian position that opened fire on Golan Heights today; IDF threatening harsher response
5.02pm BST
US secretary of state John Kerry may visit Egypt Tuesday to discuss the Gaza crisis and push for a ceasefire with other diplomats, AFP reports, citing Egyptian state media.
Kerry called Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday to again offer help with brokering a truce, and today is in Vienna for talks with the EU and Iran over the latter's nuclear program.
Kerry, Zarif and Ashton due to meet shortly. US state dept says no press conference today..
4.57pm BST
4.34pm BST
Palestinians killed in the past week now number 176, according to the Gaza health ministry, and English-language site al-Akhbar, using information released by the ministry, reports that at least 28 of the dead were 16-years-old or younger. The single deadliest strike killed 17 members of one family on Sunday in Gaza City, and more than 1,250 have been wounded.
The UN's OCHA is also monitoring casualty figures, and released a report (pdf) as its best knowledge from yesterday's figures, noting that 80% of fatalities have been civilians, among whom 21% were children (36 total), "raising concerns about respect for international humanitarian law."
5,600 Palestinians displaced, their homes destroyed or severely damaged #Gaza Emergency Situation Report http://t.co/MfV4vtljEj
4.17pm BST
Hamas has offered an outline of ceasefire conditions, but has told AFP that "no serious efforts toward a truce have been made" and that the group is ready for a "long, draw-out battle".
MP Mushir al-Masri said Hamas would only negotiate on the basis of a set of concessions it wants to see Israel agree to.
Those include the lifting of Israel's eight-year blockade on the Gaza Strip, the opening of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, and the release of Palestinian prisoners Israel has re-arrested after freeing them in exchange for kidnapped Israeli soldier in 2011.
4.06pm BST
AP has appended and corrected its story about the three suspects held by Israel over the killing of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir. They have not been charged, though the suspects appeared in court today and have, according to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, confessed to kidnapping and burning Khdeir alive.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld initially said the three had been charged in the killing but later corrected his statement to say they had been ordered held until Friday. The three Jewish suspects in the Palestinian teen's killing have been ordered held until Friday but have not been charged.
4.01pm BST
Rocket sirens have sounded in Golan Heights, Haaretz reports, warning people near the region between Syria and Israel, in and around which violence from the Syrian civil war has bled into its neighbors, including mortar fire.
Chemi Shalev, a Haaretz editor, notes that variables along this region complicate dangers for all parties exponentially.
Air raid sirens on Golan Heights? Hamas? Hezbollah? Palestinians in Lebanon? Syria? ISIS? The possibilities are multiplying by the day
2.24pm BST
The launch of drones from Gaza represents a boost to Hamas, but not a "game changer" according to defence analyst Jeff White, from the Washington Institute.
#Israek #Gaza (1/2) Hamas drones. Should give Hamas improved sit awareness and tgting and maybe something like a precision strike cap, but
#Israel #Gaza (2/2) dpnds on how many and what kind of sys Hamas has to use the take from the drones. Not a game chnge, but boost for Hamas
#Breaking:#Pictures of homemade unmanned drone "Bird Flocks which hovered over Israeli war ministry. #Gazaunderattack pic.twitter.com/upLNFcuM2r
1.48pm BST
Here's a summary of the latest developments:
Israel's military says it has downed an unmanned drone along its southern coastline, the first time it has encountered such a weapon since its struggle with Gaza Strip militants began last week. Hamas's al-Qassam brigade confirmed that it had launched three drones, amid reports that is due to broadcast video footage from the devices.
1.32pm BST
An alleged collaborator with Israel has been executed by Palestinian fighters in Gaza, Ma'an news agency reported.
Witnesses in the southern city of Rafah reported seeing gunmen killing a man in the middle of the street in what appeared to be the execution of someone suspected of collaborating with Israel.
1.26pm BST
Israel has charged three Jews with the kidnapping and killing of a Palestinian teenager whose death set off days of violent protests in Arab areas of Jerusalem and northern Israel, AP reports.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the three appeared before a court on Monday. He says the suspects admitted to abducting 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir and setting him on fire.
Rosenfeld says they also re-enacted the murder.
1.09pm BST
There are mixed reports about the launch of drones from Gaza.
Israel has dismissed the launch as a media stunt, according to ABC.
#Hamas drone was small, not armed, sent up for media attention, Sr #Israel military intelligence tells @MarthaRaddatz.
Al-Qassam to broadcast exclusive video for and taken by Ababeel drones #Gaza
#Hamas claims it has launched 3 unmanned aerial vehicles into #Israel, 1 of which reached Israeli military HQ pic.twitter.com/XWziLJv2M1
12.53pm BST
The Arab League has called for international protection for Gaza, ahead of a meeting of its foreign ministers in Cairo, AFP reports.
#BREAKING: Arab League calls for international protection for Gaza
The Arab League meeting comes amid intense international efforts to end the conflict, and with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas seeking UN intervention.
An Egyptian foreign ministry statement late on Sunday said Monday's meeting, due to begin at 1900 GMT, "is aimed at finding a solution to stop the shedding of Palestinian civilians' blood and to formulate a common Arab stance on the issue".
12.02pm BST
The number of Palestinian killed in the Israeli offensive has increased to 174, according to Gaza's health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra.
He named the most recent victim as 60-year-old as Hamid Suleiman Abu Arraj.
#__ 60 174... http://t.co/khQ26ak3lx
11.44am BST
Orlando Crowcroft in Jerusalem has more on that fatal shooting in the West Bank.
A 21-year-old man has been killed in Hebron after clashes between Israeli military and protestors against the war in Gaza, becoming the first Palestinian casualty in the West Bank since the conflict began.
A Palestinian community leader in Hebron - who declined to be named - told the Guardian that the dead man was Muneer Al Bardeen, 21, who was shot during a protest at Al Samoua Junction, 20 minutes south of of the restive West Bank city.
11.32am BST
The European Union says it is in touch with "parties in the region" to press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Speaking to reporters, EU foreign policy spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic, said:
We call on all sides to exercise maximum restraint, to avoid casualties and to return calm. We are in contact with parties in the region to do their utmost to achieve an immediate ceasefire.
11.21am BST
A Palestinian was killed by the Israeli army in a clash near the southern West Bank city of Hebron early on Monday, AFP reports citing the victim's family,
Relatives identified him as Munir Ahmed Badarin, in his early twenties.
They said he was shot near Al-Samua in the southernmost part of the West Bank, and died later in hospital.
11.10am BST
There was a temporary lull in Israel's bombardment of Gaza, during the World Cup final, according to several reports.
The International Middle East Media Centre reported that the lull lasted for 90 minutes, although the game went on for more than two hours, because of extra time.
Watching the World Cup final in Gaza City on dodgy sat signal. One min after the whistle there, the bombing started again.
There seems to be a World Cup final truce in Gaza. Apache helicopter somewhere up there but no missiles. Hoping for extra time!
10.52am BST
An eight-year-old boy has been hurt by shrapnel from a rocket in the coastal town of Ashdod, according to Ben Hartman from the Jerusalem Post citing the Israeli police.
Rocket strikes yard of house in Ashdod, setting car on fire, one lightly wounded #Israel #Gaza
Wounded person in Ashdod is an 8 year old hit by shrapnel, police say #Israel #Gaza
10.49am BST
Britain's foreign secretary William Hague is due to make a statement to the Commons about the crisis in Gaza.
I will make a Statement to Parliament today on UK response to the crisis in #Gaza and the need for an agreed ceasefire
Y'day, the UK Foreign Secretary @WilliamJHague met w/ @JohnKerry in Vienna amid P5+1 talks on Irans nuclear program pic.twitter.com/xwBkjUvf81
9.59am BST
The most recent developments in the crisis are summarised in this map:
9.52am BST
A respected Israeli aerospace engineer has suggested that the Iron Dome missile defence system is an elaborate hoax aimed at reassuring Israelis.
Israel's business news site Globes, quoted Dr Moti Shefer, an Israel Defence Prize winner, describing the Iron Dome system as a "sound and light show".
The rockets announced as intercepted by Iron Dome either never reach the ground, or are virtual rockets invented and destroyed on the Iron Dom control computer. To this day, no one has ever seen an intercepted rocket fall to the ground.
What lands here is what's launched. The parts we see on the ground are from Iron Dome itself. We're shooting at ourselves, mainly virtually. The virtual rocket was invented in order to increase the vagueness surrounding Iron Dome.
9.35am BST
Hamas has ruled out Egypt as a ceasefire mediator, but says it is willing to consider Turkey and Qatar in the role, according to the Middle East Eye.
A source told the site's editor David Hearst, the Guardian's former chief foreign leader writer, that Hamas has also had decided to harden its conditions for a ceasefire.
Instead of calling for an end to the siege, the Islamic movement are now saying they demand the re-opening of both Gazas sea port and its much bombed airport.
The decision to raise the bar of ceasefire conditions underlies Hamas confidence in being able to weather the storm of Israels onslaught as well as its determination never again to rely on the opening of Gazas land crossings with Israel and Egypt. The Egyptian crossing at Rafah has been opened a number of times this week , but it is highly selective on whom it lets through. It closes soon after without Hamas being informed.
9.15am BST
Hundreds of people with dual US citizenship have been left stranded in Gaza after the failure of an evacuation plan, according to Buzzfeed.
Hamas would only allow the convoy to depart if it was coordinated through the UN, and the UN set a narrow window for foreign nationals to arrive at one of its Gaza city facilities from 6 to 6:30 a.m.
Do you know how hard it is, for a mother with two young children, to travel in the middle of a war? [Eman] Mohammed asked. She couldnt find any taxis willing to navigate the bomb-ridden streets and the numerous government compounds that had shuttered whole blocks for protection. She was told she could only bring one bag, and she didnt know what to do with her photography equipment, or photo archive. Not even a stroller, to help ferry her two young daughters, was allowed.
The Consulate General assisted 150 American citizens in evacuating out of the Gaza Strip and into Jordan today. https://t.co/UjDFeqtJ48
All British nationals who registered & chose to leave #Gaza in UN convoy have now safely arrived in Jordan
The British Information and Services Office in Gaza is now closed due to the current situation. The FCO can no longer offer any consular assistance in Gaza. Rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel and Israeli air strikes on Gaza continue.
The FCO arranged a one-off assisted departure of British nationals in Gaza, which left this morning. The FCO will not be arranging any further assisted departures .
8.57am BST
Hamas has claimed responsibility for launching a drone that was shot down near Ashdod, according to Dan Williams from Reuters.
Hamas claimed responsibility for today's drone launch from Gaza into Israel.
The drone Israel downed near Ashdod was one of several launched from Gaza for "special missions against the Zionist interior," Hamas says.
8.40am BST
The Israeli military has released video purporting to show its aircraft pulling out of air raids after identifying civilians in their gun sights.
In the footage children are spotted on the roof of a building identified as a target.
The civilian population of the Gaza Strip continues to make up the majority of casualties. According to preliminary data collected by the Protection Cluster, since 7 July, at least 168 Palestinians, including 133 civilians (80 per cent of total fatalities), 26 members of armed groups and nine persons whose status could not be verified have been killed by Israeli air, naval and ground strikes in Gaza. An estimated 36 children and 26 women are among the fatalities.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 1,140 Palestinians including 296 children and 233 women have also been injured. These figures, along with reports about the circumstances of some incidents, where civilians or civilian objects have been directly hit by Israeli fire , while there was allegedly no rocket fire or armed group activity in the close vicinity, have raised concerns about the respect for the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution in attack under international humanitarian law.
8.23am BST
Thousands of Palestinians have been displaced by the violence in Gaza, according to the UN.
A situation update from the UN's humanitarian affairs office said almost 1,000 homes had been destroyed in Gaza, bringing the estimated number of people displaced in these incidents to 5,600.
Palestinian families taking shelter at @UNRWA school, Gaza City, after evacuating homes in northern #Gaza pic.twitter.com/YGl6vu63ML
7.56am BST
The Times of Israel says Hamas is known to have acquired "small drones".
It says the foiled drone attack set off air raid sirens in Ashdod.
Bloodlessly flying a drone into Israel allows outgunned Hamas to flex new military muscle while not necessarily triggering Gaza escalation.
7.41am BST
Welcome to our continuing coverage of the crisis in Gaza as an Israeli offensive aimed at preventing rocket attacks continues almost a week after it was launched.
Here's a summary of the latest developments:
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