Despite the efforts of the international community to ceasefire, Israel and Hamas were on the brink of full-scale war, and community violence broke out in Israel for the fourth night. Even after Israel sent additional security forces, Jewish and Arab mobs clashed in the flashpoint town of Lorde.

The Gaza Ministry of Health said that the number of casualties caused by the fighting has risen to 119, including 31 children and 19 women, and another 830 injured. Hamas and Islamic Jihad have confirmed 20 deaths, although Israel says the number is much higher. Seven people were killed in Israel, including a 6-year-old boy and a soldier.

Palestinians living on the outskirts of Gaza City and close to the northern and eastern borders of Israel fled fierce shelling Friday. The family arrived at the United Nations-run school in the city by pick-up truck, donkey and on foot, dragging pillows, pans, blankets and bread.

Hedaia Maarouf (Hedaia Maarouf) fled her 19-person family, including 13 children. He said: “We originally planned to leave home at night, but Israeli jets bombed us, so we had to Wait till morning.” “We were shocked for our children, they screamed and shook.”

Residents say that in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Rafat Tanani, his pregnant wife and four children aged 7 and under were killed after Israeli warplanes razed his four-story apartment building to rubble . Rafat’s brother Fadi said that at 11 o’clock in the evening just before the family was about to go to bed, four strikes struck the building. The owner of the building and his wife were also killed.

Another relative, Sadallah Tanani, said: “This is a massacre. “My feeling is indescribable. “

The military spokesman of the lieutenant colonel Jonathan Conricus (Jonathan Conricus) said that the tank stationed near the border fired 50 rounds. It is part of a large-scale operation, which also involves air strikes. The aim is to destroy the tunnels used by militants below Gaza City to escape surveillance and air strikes. The military calls it the “subway.”

He said: “As always, the goal is to hit military targets and minimize collateral damage and civilian casualties.” “Unlike our efforts to clean up civilian areas very carefully before striking high-rises or large buildings in the Gaza Strip, this time it’s impossible. Okay.”

No progress in negotiations

The strike took place after the Egyptian mediator rushed to Israel to negotiate a ceasefire, and the strike showed no signs of progress. Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations led the truce efforts.

Fighting broke out late on Monday when Hamas launched a long-range rocket into Jerusalem in support of Palestinian protests against the maintenance of law and order in a shining holy site and Jewish settlers’ efforts to expel dozens of Palestinian families. .

Since then, Israel has attacked hundreds of targets in Gaza, causing earth-shattering explosions in densely populated areas. According to the Israeli military, of the 1,800 rockets launched by Gaza militants, more than 400 failed to reach their targets or failed.

The rocket paralyzed parts of southern Israel, and some barrage aimed at the seaside metropolis of Tel Aviv, about 70 kilometers away from Gaza.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue his actions, stating in a video statement that Israel will “extract a very heavy price from Hamas.”

In Washington, U.S. President Joe Biden said that he had talked with Netanyahu about the pacification fight, but also said that “there was no major overreaction” to support the Israeli leader.

He said that the goal now is to “achieve a substantial reduction in attacks, especially rocket attacks.” He called the work “in progress.”

Israel has been severely criticized by the international community for civilian casualties in the previous three Gaza wars, where there are more than 2 million Palestinians. It said that Hamas is responsible for endangering civilians by placing military infrastructure in civilian areas and firing rockets at them.

Hamas shows no signs of backing down. It fired Ayyash, the most powerful rocket for nearly 200 kilometers, into southern Israel on Thursday. The rocket landed in the open desert, but briefly interrupted flight operations at Ramon Airport in the south. Hamas also launched two unmanned aircraft, which Israel said quickly shot them down.

Hamas military spokesman Abu Obedada said that the organization is not afraid of ground invasions and this will be an opportunity to “increase our capture of Israeli soldiers.”

The current outbreak of violence began in Jerusalem a month ago. The focal point of the conflict was the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which was built on top of a hill and is revered by Jews and Muslims. Israel uses the entire Jerusalem as its capital, and the Palestinians want East Jerusalem (a holy site for Jews, Christians and Muslims) to become the capital of its future nation.

New volatility

At the same time, violent conflicts between Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem and other mixed cities in Israel have added new turbulence to the conflict, which has not been seen in more than two decades.

The violence lasted all night, until Friday. In Lorde, at the center of the disaster, a Jew was shot and seriously injured. Israeli media said that the second Jew was shot and killed. Near Tel Aviv in Jaffa, an Israeli soldier was attacked by a group of Arabs and was hospitalized in a serious condition.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that 750 suspects have been arrested since community violence broke out earlier this week. He said the police had a night clash with people in Rhodes and Tel Aviv, and they threw stones and bombs at them.

The fighting deepened the political crisis and made Israel worry about four uncertain elections in just two years. After the elections in March, Netanyahu failed to form a government coalition. Now, his political opponents have three weeks to try to do so. Fighting makes these efforts very complicated. His opponents include a wide range of parties with little in common. They will need the support of an Arab political party. The leader of the Arab political party stated that when Israel was fighting in Gaza, he could not negotiate.