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Seumus Milne, columnist and associate editor of the Guardian, has warned of continuing bloodshed if no pressure is applied to Israel.
"The conflict’s eruptions are certainly coming thicker and faster. Despite heroic Israeli efforts to fix the narrative, global opinion has never been more sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. But the brutal reality is that there will be no end to Israel’s occupation until Palestinians and their supporters are able to raise its price to the occupier, in one way or another – and change the balance of power on the ground."
Three children have been killed in an airstrike in Gaza City.
They are all from the same family and have been identified as Fulla, Jihad and Waseem Shuhaiber.
Shams Odeh reports from Gaza City, where four boys were killed on Wednesday by an Israeli strike.
Lebanon has filed a complaint against Israel at the United Nations, accusing Israel of repeatedly violating its sovereignty.
According to Lebanon Israel fired 102 shells at Lebanon between 11 and 14 July, describing this as "repeated and dangerous violations".
The shelling began after several rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel, seemingly by Palestinian factions looking to show solidarity with the people of Gaza.
Lebanon's foreign ministry said the country "rejects the firing of rockets [from its territory] on occupied Palestinian territory," in a reference to Israel.
Turkish PM Erdogan has called on all sides to be moderate on Palestine, reported the Anadolu Agency.
"We demand an immediate stop of the bloodshed...we are very much aware the Middle East deserves peace, prosperity, and solidarity."
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has discovered approximately 20 rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip, the Agency declared in a statement.
UNRWA has strongly condemned the group or groups responsible for placing the weapons in one of its installations, the statement read.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman on Thursday denied earlier reports that Israel and Hamas had reached an agreement on a cease-fire that would put an end to the fighting as of Friday morning.
Liberman's denial came minutes after BBC quoted an Israeli official as saying that Israeli senior representatives at talks in Cairo had accepted an Egyptian proposal for a comprehensive Gaza cease-fire starting on Friday.
Rockets have reportedly hit Israel as the 5-hour truce which began at 10:00am (0700 GMT) on Thursday came to an end at 3:00pm (1300 GMT), AFP reports.
Gaza citizens count down till the end of the temporary cease-fire.
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani warns of a “humanitarian catastrophe” in the besieged Gaza Strip as Israel continues its aggression against the coastal sliver, repoted Press TV.
A comprehensive ceasefire agreement has been reached between Israel and Gaza, an Israeli official told the BBC.
The ceasefire is due to take effect on Friday at 06:00 local time (04:00 GMT).