There is growing anger within the country's Arab minority over Israeli air strikes on Gaza and police raids on the Al-Aqsa mosque. Read more here:
The UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland warned the situation was"escalating towards a full-scale war".
The navy is also targeting the strip from the sea, in an operation it says does everything possible to minimise civilian casualties.Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus told Sky News a rocket unit of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group was hit; a commander of an anti-tank missile unit of Hamas was killed and senior operatives from Hamas military intelligence department were killed, as was a Commander of its Gaza City Brigade and Khan Yunis Brigade.
Its spokesperson Fawzi Barhoum said:"While the Israeli occupation has decided to launch a new war against Gaza, the Palestinian resistance led by Al Qassqm Brigades is determined to act in response and has the right to defend the Palestinian people.
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