UN fears total war between Israel and Palestinians
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TEL AVIV: Heavy exchanges of rocket fire and air strikes, and rioting in mixed Jewish-Arab towns, as UN expressed fears Wednesday that deadly conflict between Israel and Palestinians could spiral into "full-scale war" has claimed 56 lives in the last three days, as another emergency meeting of the UN Security Council ended without agreeing to a joint statement due to opposition from the United States, Israel´s key ally, according to diplomats. Rocket sirens once went off in several cities of Israel on Wednesday including Tel Avivl, Lod, Rehovot, Givat Shmuel, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Rishon Lezion after Israeli strike destroyed 10-storey Sharouq Tower in Gaza, hosting media organisations. This followed large barrage of rockets fired towards Tel Aviv. The US Secretary of State Blinken says Israel must take ´extra burden´ to avoid civilian deaths.