RAMALLAH : At least 26 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, with Israel and Palestine trading fire for the third consecutive day on Thursday in what is the worst escalation in violence since last August. In the air strikes, civilians, including several children, have been killed , says reports.
Cairo mediated in efforts towards a truce between Israel and the Islamic Jihad group, while France, Germany, Jordan and Egypt called for an end to the violence. “The bloodletting must end now,” said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock after hosting her three counterparts for talks in Berlin.
The Israeli military has claimed that more than 550 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel, causing no casualties so far. Of these, over 440 rockets made it over the border and at least 154 were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system, while one in five fell inside Gaza, it said.