Scenes of war with dozens dead:

Gaza dead and children – Attacks on both sides continued overnight – Washington condemns “unacceptable” escalation.

“Since 18:00 (Monday yesterday), terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip have been firing rockets at Israeli civilians. Non-stop. The time now is 04:00 PM. “Rocket attacks are taking place for 10 hours,” the Israeli staff said via Twitter earlier.

The Israeli army announced in the early hours of today that rockets continued to be fired overnight by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip against the southern part of the country.

The Israeli army says its forces have killed 15 members of Palestinian militant groups overnight in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian enclave where 130 rocket-propelled grenades were fired in response to dozens of rockets fired at southern Israel. “We have hit 130 military targets, mostly Hamas,” Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Konrikous told reporters. “In our current calculations, we have killed 15 members of Hamas and the (Palestinian) Islamic Jihad,” he added.

The Israeli retaliation was extremely deadly. At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in strikes in the Gaza Strip. among them nine children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Jerusalem Post reported that eight Hamas members were dead.

Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians have plummeted in recent days . The planet is watching the developments with bated breath, with the US talking about an unacceptable escalation, demanding an end to the exchange of rockets.

Over the weekend, hundreds of people – at least 610, according to a representative of the Palestinian Red Crescent cited by the Al Quds newspaper – were injured in incidents in Jerusalem , at a site considered sacred by worshipers of three religions, such as the Temple Mount , or Noble Sanctuary, as Muslims call it.

According to the Jerusalem Post, a Hamas spokesman threatened around midnight that the organization’s armed wing would launch large-scale attacks if Israeli police forces did not leave the shrine within two hours.

After the deadline set in the ultimatum expired, a Hamas spokesman said the plan was canceled because Israel backed down. However, so far there has been no confirmation that forces, police or others, have withdrawn from this area of ​​Jerusalem.

According to a Palestinian radio network, Israeli airstrikes continued overnight in several cities in the Gaza Strip.  The cities of Deir al-Bala and Khan Yunis have been hit repeatedly, as has Jabalya.

Netanyahu

angry “Strong reaction”  against those who attacked Israel from Gaza, promised Benjamin Netanyahu. “Israel will respond with great force. “We will not tolerate attacks on our territory,  in our capital , on our citizens or on our soldiers,” he said. “Those who attack us will pay a heavy price. The terrorist organizations in Gaza violated our red lines, “  the added  Netanyahu,  adding that Israel does not seek escalation of hostilities. 

He also said that the current “battle round” could last  “some time”.

Reuters: Egypt, Qatar and United Nations intervene in ceasefire
A Palestinian official told  Reuters  that  Egypt ,  Qatar  and the  United Nations,  which have mediated a ceasefire between  Israel and Hamas  in the past, had contacted the leader of the Hamas. ,  Ismail Haniyeh , in an attempt to de-escalate the tension.

Gaza

rockets hit Jerusalem Seven rockets  fired from the Gaza Stripin the Jerusalem area on Monday afternoon, according to Israeli Channel 12 , minutes after the end of the ultimatum given by Hamas to the Israeli government.

One of them was neutralized by Israeli forces, while the others “exploded” in open spaces, according to the official information.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reported that an Israeli man was slightly injured by an anti-tank rocket that “hit” his car in the Gaza border area. The citizen, who according to the information was in the car at the time of the attack, was taken to a hospital for examination.

In addition to the car that was “hit”, videos also show houses in a suburb of Jerusalem that have suffered some damage.

Threatened a new attack by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad,

the terrorist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad threatened to launch new rockets from Gaza into Israel at 9 pm In this context, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Ganj declared a state of emergency in the area up to 50 miles around the Gaza Strip, after assessing the situation that has developed.

Shortly after 9pm, residents of the city of Ashkelon said they heard rocket fire, while television networks reported that at least ten rockets were fired from Gaza into the city, with no reports of injuries.

Meanwhile, Jerusalem police evacuated the Old City and the Wall of Tears  in light of the rocket attack on the capital. “Police forces in the West Wall have begun evacuating the area, transporting civilians to safer locations ,” police said. Meanwhile, sirens sounded in several cities in southern Israel, and the march of thousands of young Israelis scheduled for tonight in the Old City to celebrate City Day was canceled due to earlier riots, organizers said.

Hamas confirms “strike”

Hamas said it “struck” Jerusalem in response to “Israeli crimes and aggression in the Holy City and the harassment of our people in Sheikh Jarah and the Al-Aqsa Mosque . ” “This is a message that the enemy must understand,” said a spokesman for the organization.