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Israel steps up attacks in Gaza as conflict grows
The Israeli military has intensified its assault on Gaza, as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel on the fifth day of hostilities.
Israel s army said air and ground forces were involved in attacks on Friday but had not entered Gaza.
A BBC reporter in Gaza said there was heavy shelling involving gunboats, fighter jets, and helicopters.
More than 100 people have been killed in Gaza and seven have died in Israel since fighting began on Monday.
Meanwhile, Jewish and Israeli-Arab mobs have been fighting within Israel, prompting its president to warn of civil war.
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media captionIsraeli ground troops are massing on the border with Gaza after another night of violence
The Israeli military has intensified its assault on Gaza, as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel on the fifth day of hostilities.
Israel s army said air and ground forces were involved in attacks on Friday but had not entered Gaza.
A BBC reporter in Gaza said there was heavy shelling involving gunboats, fighter jets and helicopters.
More than 100 people have been killed in Gaza and seven have died in Israel since fighting began on Monday.
Meanwhile, Jewish and Israeli-Arab mobs have been fighting within Israel, prompting its president to warn of civil war.
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Israel-Gaza: Deaths mount as Israel-Gaza violence worsens
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media captionIsraeli ground troops are massing on the border with Gaza after another night of violence
Violence in Gaza and Israel shows no sign of abating amid continued rocket fire and air strikes, and civil unrest among Jewish and Israeli Arab mobs.
Deaths continue to mount, with at least 83 people now killed in Gaza and seven in Israel.
A BBC reporter in Gaza said it had been the longest and most difficult night since the 2014 war . Israel said it had been targeted with 1,600 rockets.
Israel is now mulling a possible ground operation in Gaza.
Deaths mount as Israel-Gaza violence worsens
Violence in Gaza and Israel shows no sign of abating amid continued rocket fire and airstrikes, and civil unrest among Jewish and Israeli Arab mobs.
Deaths continue to mount, with at least 83 people now killed in Gaza and seven in Israel.
A BBC reporter in Gaza said it had had the longest and most difficult night since the 2014 war . Israel said it had now been targeted with 1,600 missiles.
Israel is now mulling a possible ground operation in Gaza.
It has sent reinforcements to the Gaza border.
This is now the worst violence since 2014, fuelled initially by weeks of Israeli-Palestinian tension in East Jerusalem, which led to clashes at a holy site revered by both Muslims and Jews and then spiralled into an incessant exchange of Palestinian rocket fire and Israeli airstrikes.