Israel’s barrage of air strikes resume, toppling buildings
At least 212 people, including 61 children, have been killed in Gaza since violence erupted just over a week ago. Some 1,500 Palestinians have been wounded
Dozens of airstrikes hit Gaza on Tuesday, as United States President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The Israeli military said it shelled Lebanon in retaliation for six failed missile launches from the neighbouring country's southern regions, opening a new front in the conflict., reports the Al Jazeera.
At least 212 Palestinians, including 61 children, have been killed in Gaza since the attacks began. About 1,500 Palestinians have been wounded. Ten Israelis have died, including two children. Israel has reported 10 dead, including two children.
Here are the latest updates:
EU top diplomat urges ceasefire
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called for the implementation of a ceasefire.
"The priority is the immediate cessation of all violence and the implementation of a ceasefire," Borrell said after a video conference of EU foreign ministers, adding the statement was backed by all the bloc's member states except Hungary.
Israel troops targeted by gunfire in occupied West Bank
Israeli troops have been targeted by gunfire in the occupied West Bank, the army has said, as the Palestinian health ministry said a man was killed in a separate shooting.
The Israeli army said that "during a violent riot" near Ramallah, "a number of rioters fired extensively" at Israeli soldiers who "responded with fire".
Unusual scene as gun shots heard from Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera's Nida Ibrahim reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank near the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El said Palestinians were seen throwing rocks at the Israeli army near the Israeli military checkpoint.
"An hour or two after that, we heard gun shots coming from the Palestinian side and we believe they are from Palestinian militants and then the Israeli military responded with live ammunition," Ibrahim said.
"Confrontations continued after that escalation and we've been hearing more and more rounds – sometimes they're rubber coated steal bullets, sometimes it's live ammunition by the Israeli army towards the protesters.
"It is definitely not a usual scene [since] there are not many arms here in the occupied West Bank. If there are, the Israeli army comes in and arrests those Palestinians," Ibrahim said.
Protests to continue in occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reporting from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank said the protests there are likely to continue.
"It is another expression of protest, of trying to confront and make known these people's feelings about what they've been seeing on their televisions and on their phones just as we all have, coming out of Gaza and Jerusalem and also their experiences on a daily basis," Fawcett said.
Pentagon chief supports de-escalation
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has expressed his support for a de-escalation in a call with his Israeli counterpart, the Pentagon has said.
"Austin reiterated the United States' unwavering support for Israel's right to defend itself and to protect Israeli civilians, and lamented the loss of innocent Israeli and Palestinian lives," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
"Austin expressed his support for de-escalation of the conflict and the restoration of calm," Kirby said.
Egypt pledges $500m to rebuild Gaza, sends medical aid
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pledged $500m to help reconstruction efforts in Gaza, his office has said.
"Egypt will provide $500m… for the reconstruction process in the Gaza Strip as a result of recent events, with expert Egyptian construction companies implementing the rebuilding," the presidency said in a statement.
Cairo has sought to mediate a ceasefire between Gaza's Hamas and Israel.
Germany's Merkel, Jordan's king call for 'swift' ceasefire
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Jordan's King Abdullah II have urged a "swift" ceasefire in a video call, her spokesman has said.
"They agreed that initiatives for a swift ceasefire should be supported to create the conditions for the resumption of political negotiations," the spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said in a statement.
Germany calls for truce, offers more aid
In comments made before a video call of the EU's 27 foreign ministers, Germany has called for a ceasefire and has offered more aid to help Palestinians.
"An end to the violence is the first priority," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a video statement streamed on social media.
"Today, I will lobby for a better humanitarian supply in Gaza," Maas said, pledging 40 million euros ($48.86m) to ramp up humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza.
Over 90 Palestinians injured, three arrested amid protests
A total of 97 Palestinians were injured as violence escalated with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
In a statement, the society said five people were injured by live bullets, another five by rubber bullets, while 84 suffered from gas inhalation.
Three people have also been arrested at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City where Israeli police used rubber bullets, stun grenades and skunk water to disperse protesters, according to Al Jazeera's Ibrahim Husseini.
Thai workers killed in Israel-Palestinian conflict as truce calls mount
Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian armed groups resumed cross-border rocket fire on Tuesday after a brief overnight lull during which the UN sent a small fuel convoy into the enclave, where it says 52,000 people are now displaced.
Israeli leaders said they would press on, for now, with an offensive to destroy the capabilities of the armed factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad, amid calls by the United States and other world powers for an end to the conflict.
Two Thai workers were killed and seven people were wounded in a rocket strike on an Israeli farm just over the Gaza border, police said. Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
US has received more information on media tower strike: Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Washington had received further information about Israel's destruction of a Gaza high-rise that housed the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, but failed to provide further details.
"It's my understanding that we've received some further information through intelligence channels, and it's not something I can comment on," Blinken said at a joint briefing with Iceland's foreign minister in Reykjavik.
Two killed in strike launched from Gaza
Israeli police say two Thai workers inside Israel have been killed in a strike launched from the Gaza Strip.
Others were wounded in the afternoon attack that hit a packaging plant in southern Israel, police said.
Israel says re-shuts Gaza crossing after mortar fire
Israel said it had closed a crossing into Gaza shortly after opening it to allow in humanitarian goods, after mortars were fired at the area as aid trucks passed through.
Israel had opened the Karam Abu Salem crossing to allow in "trucks carrying civil aid donated by international aid organisations to the Gaza Strip," said COGAT, the Israeli military branch responsible for civil affairs in the Palestinian territories.
"After a firing of mortar bombs towards the Kerem Shalom Crossing… it has been decided to stop the entry of the rest of the trucks," the COGAT statement said.
AP news agency quoted Israeli medics saying that 10 people were wounded, 4 seriously, after a rocket attack from Gaza targeted southern Israel.
Israeli police use tear gas to disperse Palestinian protesters
Israeli police in Bethlehem have fired tear gas, injuring at least seven Palestinian protesters, Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reported from the scene.
Injuries were also reported at a checkpoint in Ramallah, where Israeli police also used tear gas against protesters.
Palestinians also held rallies in other cities, including Nablus and Hebron, amid a general strike.
France, Egypt, Jordan to hold talks seeking ceasefire
France's President Emmanuel Macron, his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II will hold talks aimed at seeking a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict, the French presidency said.
"The trilateral meeting aims above all to work for a rapid ceasefire and prevent the conflict from extending," the presidency said.
More than 52,000 Palestinians displaced in Gaza - UN aid agency
More than 52,000 Palestinians have been displaced by Israeli air strikes that have destroyed or badly damaged nearly 450 buildings in the Gaza Strip, the UN aid agency said on Tuesday.
Palestinian ministry of health calling for blood donors
Gaza-based journalist Youmna al-Sayed, reporting from Gaza City, said that the severity of the situation at Al-Shifa hospital is increasing.
"The ministry of health said that Gaza is struggling with an acute shortage of medical supplies and medicines, while it is calling for volunteers to donate blood," she said, adding that the hospital is struggling with electricity and water shortages.
Members of the Palestinian Abu Dayer family cry the Al-Shifa hospital after the death of family members in an Israeli air strike on the family's home in Gaza City [Mahmud Hams/AFP]
'Imperative' to end Israel-Palestine violence: Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the international community should carry out "an active search of the solution" in the conflict between Israel and armed groups in Gaza.
Speaking at a meeting with world ambassadors to Russia, Putin said any solution should be "based on relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council".
"During the last days … we became witnesses of the escalation in the Middle East. The explosion of the escalation between Palestinians and Israelis have already led to the big number of casualties among civilian population, including children. We consider imperative the end of violent acts," said Putin.
UN hails Israel decision to open crossing for aid into Gaza
The United Nations hailed an Israeli decision to open the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow aid into Gaza, and urged the opening of a second location to let in humanitarian workers.
"We very much welcome the Israeli authorities' opening of Kerem Shalom crossing for essential humanitarian supplies," Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA, told reporters in Geneva, saying the Erez crossing should also be opened.
EU set for emergency meeting
The European Union is set to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing fighting at an emergency video meeting of the block's 27 foreign ministers from 1200 GMT.
"We have reached out to partners to see how we can defuse and contribute to stopping this very dangerous and worrying escalation of violence," said EU spokesperson Peter Stano.
The EU is Israel's biggest trade partner and a big aid donor to the Palestinians but has been reluctant to use such leverage or discuss possible economic sanctions on Israel's government.
'Does God really feel what we are feeling now?'
Khaled Abu-Shaaban, a humanitarian worker in the Gaza Strip, told Al Jazeera that children living in the enclave were deeply traumatised as a result of Israeli air raids.
"My older girl, she is seven years old. She asked, 'Does God really feel what we are feeling now?'" he said.
"I answered her, but I started thinking what is the mental state and the emotional state she is going through to be asking such an existential question," he added.
'Nothing on the table' for a ceasefire: report
A senior Israeli official cast doubt on the possibility of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed groups.
Asked by Reuters news agency if any ceasefire was in the works, a senior Israeli official said: "There is no such thing right now. There is no negotiation. There is no proposal. There is nothing on the table."
'To rise as one'
Salem Barahmeh, executive director of the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy, said the general strike in place in the Palestinian Territories aimed at rising all together against Israel's bombardment on Gaza, and its general oppression against Palestinians.
"It is important to rise as one and try to transcend the forced fragmentation imposed on Palestinians by Israel," he told Al Jazeera.
He also said that Palestinians on the streets and social media are shaking "Israel's dominant and unchallenged narrative," exposing it as the "apartheid regime it is".
Divisions curb EU peacemaking role in Israel-Gaza violence
The European Union is set to call for a ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas at an emergency video meeting on Tuesday, but divisions over the Middle East will marginalise the bloc's role, diplomats said.
US President Joe Biden expressed support for a ceasefire during a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell convened a video call of the EU's 27 foreign ministers from 1200 GMT.
"We have reached out to partners to see how we can defuse and contribute to stopping this very dangerous and worrying escalation of violence," said Borrell's spokesman, Peter Stano, referring to the fiercest hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians in years.
'To rise as one'
Salem Barahmeh, executive director of the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy, said the general strike in place in the Palestinian Territories aimed at rising all together against Israel's bombardment on Gaza, and its general oppression against Palestinians.
"It is important to rise as one and try to transcend the forced fragmentation imposed on Palestinians by Israel," he told Al Jazeera.
He also said that Palestinians on the streets and social media are shaking "Israel's dominant and unchallenged narrative," exposing it as the "apartheid regime it is"
General strike across Palestinian cities in full swing
Shops were shuttered across cities in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and in villages and towns in Israel as Palestinians observed a general strike to protest Israel's bombardment of the enclave.
The strike, which is supported from both Hamas, the group running Gaza, and Fatah, the ruling party of the Palestinian Authority, led to the suspension of all economic activity and closure of educational institutions.
"It's the first time in decades that we see Palestinians across the political divide to take part in such a general strike," said Al Jazeera's Nida Ibrahim, reporting from Ramallah.
In first, Gaza logs no deaths from overnight Israeli strikes
Gaza health officials said on Tuesday they had no reports of Palestinians killed overnight in ongoing Israeli strikes on the enclave, the first apparent reduction of casualties since fighting erupted on May 10.
The intensity of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel also waned between midnight and 1000 a.m. (0700 GMT), a Reuters witness said. Israeli rocket alerts indicated the latest salvoes were focussed on border communities rather than targets deeper within Israel.
Protests in Indonesia, South Korea against Israel
From Indonesia to South Korea, demonstrators are gathering to protest against the bombardment of Gaza by the Israeli army and show solidarity to the Palestinian people.
Palestinian people and South Korean activists staged a protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza, in front of Israeli Embassy the country's capital.
Gaza's first 3D printer destroyed
Tashkeel3D, Gaza's first 3D printer, which manufactured medical devices for years, has been destroyed by an Israeli air raid, according to Dr Tarek Loubani, a Palestinian Canadian physician and founder of the Glia Project, Tashkeel3D's partner.
Tashkeel 3D was started with a 3D printer made by its founder from scratch, following open-source designs online, because the printers were not allowed in Gaza by Israel.
The company, who represented half of Gaza's 3D printing capacity, was producing stethoscopes and tourniquets to support Gaza's medical system.
Israeli military says it downed UAV near Jordan border
Israeli military said that its forces downed a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) that approached Israel's border with Jordan, without specifying where the aircraft might have originated.
Iran's FM reacts to US blocking UNSC statement and selling more arms to Israel
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif slammed the US administration for approving the sale of $735m in weapons to Israel, while blocking a joint UN security council statement.
The arms sale, which Congress was notified of on May 5, a week before the current escalation began, includes Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs), which are used to turn bombs into precision-guided missiles,
according the the Washington Post.
More blasts in Gaza as day breaks
Israel continued its air raids on Gaza as day broke on Tuesday.
Explosions were heard and balls of fire and plumes of smoke were seen rising from several buildings in Gaza City.
Jordan's king blames 'provocative' Israeli actions for escalation
Jordan's King Abdulla spoke with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday and said it Israel's "recurrent provocative" actions against Palestinians that have led to the ongoing escalation.
The king also told Guterres that the "international community must shoulder its responsibility, move actively to stop Israeli violations in Jerusalem, aggression on Gaza," the royal court wrote on Twitter.
Argentinians protest against Israel's actions in Gaza
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered near the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires to protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza.
The demonstrators, mostly from small socialist parties, held banners that read "No to the Palestine genocide" and "Everybody with Palestine".
One protester held a sign that said "Boycott Israel" while another carried a placard that called on the Argentine government "to break relations with Israel".
Riot police blocked the demonstrators from reaching the Israeli embassy.
Blasts in Gaza City as dawn approaches
Explosions lit up the night sky over Gaza City early on Tuesday as Israeli forces continued to shell the Palestinian enclave.
There were about 30 Israeli air strikes overnight, and also bursts of Palestinian rocket fire.
'Nothing on the table' to bring Israel-Gaza truce, senior Israeli official says
A senior Israeli official cast doubt on Monday on the possibility of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza militants after more than a week of violent conflict that has left dozens dead.
Efforts by the United States, Egypt and the United Nations to bring a halt to Israeli air strikes and rocket fire by Palestinian militants in Gaza have so far failed to quell the fighting.
Asked if any ceasefire was in the works, a senior Israeli official told Reuters: "There is no such thing right now. There is no negotiation. There is no proposal. There is nothing on the table."
Israel thanks US for blocking UN statement calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Israel has expressed gratitude to the United States for blocking a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and emphasizing the importance of protecting children and other civilians.
On Monday, the Biden administration rejected a draft statement that would have called for a deescalation of violence and expressed outrage about civilian deaths and injuries in more than a week of violence for the third time, reports The independent.
While the US has a long history of opposing criticism of Israel in official UN statements, even using its veto power to do so, there was hope that the US would sign on to a declaration calling for both Israel and Hamas to take action to avoid more casualties.
UN says situation in southern Lebanon is 'now calm'
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said it is enhancing security controls in southern Lebanon, in coordination with the Lebanese army, after detecting rocket fire from the area.
UNIFIL added on Twitter it has intensified patrols "to prevent any further incidents that endanger the safety of the local population and the security of southern Lebanon".
It added the "situation in the area is now calm".
Amnesty condemns US approval of arms sales to Israel
Human rights group Amnesty has condemned US plans to sell weapons worth $735m to Israel in the midst of the latest conflict with Palestinian armed groups saying the approval undermines the US commitment to upholding human rights around the world.
"By supplying weapons that could be used to commit war crimes, the US government is taking the risk of fueling further attacks against civilians and seeing more people killed or injured by US weapons," Philippe Nassif, Amnesty International USA's advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement urging Biden to reconsider the decision.
Israel shells southern Lebanon after failed rocket launches
Six shells were fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel on Monday but did not cross the border, the Israeli military said.
It said that in response, artillery was fired at "the sources of the launches" in Lebanon.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said it had detected rocket fire around Rashaya Al Foukhar and urged all parties to "exercise maximum restraint".
Gaza images suggest Israel committing 'war crimes', law professor says
Ardi Imseis, a law professor at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, said Israel is responding with disproportionate force in the Gaza Strip and probably committing war crimes as a result.
"We have reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes are being committed, violations of international humanitarian law, primarily through lack of respect for the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution," Imseis told Al Jazeera.
The violations appear to come "primarily from the Israeli side, but not exclusively", Imseis said.
US 'delay' in ceasefire support 'has caused slaughter of children': Ilhan Omar
US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said US President Joe Biden's delay in expressing support for a ceasefire "has caused the slaughter of children and destruction of lives".
The tweet came after Biden told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call that he backed a ceasefire.
At least 61 children have died since Israel began its bombardment on May 10, following rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip and Israeli attacks on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem. Two children in Israel have also died.
Biden says he supports ceasefire, repeats support for Israel
US President Joe Biden "expressed his support for a ceasefire" during a conversation with Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon, according to a White House readout of the conversation.
Biden also "welcomed efforts to address intercommunal violence and to bring calm to Jerusalem" and "encouraged Israel to make every effort to ensure the protection of innocent civilians".
Israel has come under criticism for the civilian death toll during its air raids.
Still, Biden "reiterated his firm support for Israel's right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks", the readout said.