Israel has attacked Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian forces also have continued firing missiles, with no strong signal on Wednesday that the ceasefire would end despite calls for more than a week to end the fighting.
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Israeli leaders said they were continuing to attack Hamas and Islamic Jihad, but a spokesman for Israeli forces acknowledged that with an estimated 12,000 rifles and mud at Gaza forces, "they still had enough rockets to shoot".
Two Thai workers were killed and seven others injured in a rocket strike on Tuesday at an Israeli farm near the Gaza border, police said. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and Islamic Jihad have claimed responsibility.
Rockets were unveiled Wednesday morning, with shouts ranging from the coastal town of Ashdod, south of Tel Aviv, and to communities near the Gaza border. There were no reports of injuries or injuries.
Medical officials in Gaza say 217 Palestinians have been killed, including 63 children, and more than 1,400 have been injured since the fighting began on May 10. Israeli authorities say 12 people have been killed in Israel, including two children.
Israel said its plane had attacked the homes of several Hamas soldiers who had been used as control centers or to store weapons. Israeli artillery barricaded the south of the Gaza Strip, witnesses said.
At least 450 buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or severely damaged, including six hospitals and nine health centers, since the outbreak began, the United Nations relief agency said. Another 48,000 of the 52,000 who have left their homes were educated at 58 UN-run schools.
Israel said more than 3,400 rockets had been fired at it from Gaza, some failed and some had been fired by Iron Dome air defense missiles. It puts the number of terrorists dead at about 160.
Hamas has started firing rockets nine days ago in retaliation for what it said was a violation of Israeli rights for Palestinians in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
By linking its alliance with Israel with the Jerusalem crisis, Hamas has also challenged its main rival, West Bank President Mahmoud Abbas, who canceled parliamentary elections last month in which the party appeared to benefit.
The current animosity has been particularly acute between the militant group and Israelis over the years, and the escalation of the previous Gaza conflict has helped to intensify street violence in Israeli cities between Jews and Arabs.
ONGOING DIPLOMACY
France on Tuesday called for a UN Security Council decision on violence between Israel and Palestinian militants, as strategists say the United States has told the council that a "current public declaration" will not help ease the crisis.
"Our aim is to come to the conclusion of this matter. We will be analyzing on a daily basis what is the best course of action.
Egypt and UN mediators are also stepping up their political efforts, and the UN General Assembly will discuss the violence on Thursday.
Germany called for an end to the fighting and provided additional assistance to the Palestinians ahead of urgent European Union talks.
Clashes erupted in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who was trying to attack them with rifles and explosives on Tuesday, the military said.
A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli soldiers during a protest in the West Bank, health officials said. The military said soldiers were attacked and two were wounded.
The Israeli bombing of Gaza, a Ramadan clash between police and worshipers at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and a Israeli residents' court case for expelling Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah area of Israel in East Jerusalem have exacerbated tensions in the West Bank.
Israeli news on the N12, citing anonymous Palestinian sources, reported that Egypt, through "secret channels", had called for an end to the Israeli-Gaza war on Thursday morning.
Ezzat El-Reshiq, a member of the Qatari-based Hamas political ministry, issued a statement on Tuesday saying reports that he had agreed to suspend such fighting were untrue.
"No agreement has been reached from time to time to stop the war," he said. "We ensure that efforts and communication with the people are critical and continue to ensure that the needs of our people are known and clear."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Twitter that Tuesday's attacks on Israel "will continue as long as it takes peace" from all its citizens.
Netanyahu said Israeli strikes "have taken Hamas back for many years" - something some Israeli media analysts consider as a prelude to a firefight in a few days where he will be able to win.
But Amos Yadlin, Israel's former intelligence chief, said the image was complex, highlighting civil unrest in Israel, escalating protests by Palestinian people in the West Bank and rocket fires from Lebanon.
"As for (Hamas), what is happening in the West Bank and maybe (with the Lebanese party) Hezbollah and the Arab Arab nation - that's where it won," Yadlin told Channel 12 TV. "In a military game, they lost."
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