Casualties continued to mount on Thursday in the most severe outbreak of violence between Israel and the Palestinian Territories since 2014, Euronews reports.
More than 83 Palestinians, including 17 children, have been killed in Gaza and at least seven Israelis have been killed since rocket attacks and airstrikes between Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began on Monday.
Tensions over the eviction of Palestinians from strategic parts of East Jerusalem reached boiling point at the start of the week, leading to Israeli police descending on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, with hundreds injured in the ensuing carnage.
Thousands of Israeli families then spent Wednesday night in bomb shelters as Hamas intensified its bombardment of Tel Aviv and other cities in south, central and northern Israel, while several multi-storey buildings in Gaza have been reduced to rubble.
Israel has deployed troops on the border with Gaza, ready to escalate tensions. A total of 3,000 reserve soldiers have been brought to combat readiness.