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GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas launched rockets at Tel Aviv and toward Jerusalem early on Thursday and Israel vowed to keep pummelling the Islamist faction in Gaza despite a prediction by U.S. President Joe Biden that their fiercest hostilities in years might end soon.
There was no immediate word of casualties from the pre-dawn salvo, which set off sirens as far as northern Nahalal, 100 km (62 miles) from Gaza, sending thousands of Israelis to shelters.
At least 67 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to the enclave’s health ministry. Seven people have been killed in Israel, medical officials said.
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Australians have been warned not to import the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Down Under after a Sydney woman was arrested for allegedly burning the Israeli flag during protests - as the United Nations warns the violence in the Middle East could explode into a full-scale war.
At least 200 protestors gathered in Lakemba, Sydney s Muslim heartland, on Tuesday night for an unauthorised anti-Israel rally at the reserve on The Boulevarde.
The ugly scenes on the streets of the city s south-west saw Prime Minister Scott Morrison caution Australians not to bring the war over here. Of course we are all very concerned about what is happening there, he told Ben Fordham on 2GB.
Barrages since Monday have killed top commanders, including intelligence chief and head of rocket-making
Hamas requested ceasefire last night on a mutual basis after launching 1,000 rockets - leaving 7 Israelis dead
But Israel has vowed to press on with its military campaign despite outcry from the international community
UN has warned of full-scale war as the number of Palestinians killed in airstrikes reached 67 on Thursday The campaign is still far from over, Israeli cabinet minister said last night. Whatever we don t do now, we will have to do in six months or a year from now . Israel will not stop and has no interest in stopping.