Hello and welCome. You are watching bbc world news. The israeli military has intensified its bombardment on palestinian militants in gaza with heavy shelling involving Gun Boats and fighterjets. International calls for De Escalation have been ignored, with hamas Firing Rockets into israel. Explosions lit up the sky over gaza city. The number of people killed in gaza has now passed 100. Earlier, multiple missiles were launched by palestinian forces Inside Gaza towards israel. Seven people have died in israel. Sectarian clashes between jewish and arab citizens who live Side By side, on the streets of israel have intensified amid warnings of civil war. The bbc s middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen is injerusalem. Palestinian families are fleeing their homes in Northern Gaza this evening. They told the bbc they were escaping heavy israeli shellfire. Dozens of civilians were killed in their area in the 2014 war, so they left in a hurry, with their children still in their new clothes they were g
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