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Dozens of rockets pond Israel after Israeli air strikes felled a multi-storey building in Gaza.
The UN has now warned of full-scale war with escalation of the fighting, which began on Monday and the UN security council is likely to hold meet over the growing hostilities.
Fighting that erupted on Monday after weeks of rising Israeli-Palestinian tension in East Jerusalem which culminated in clashes at a holy site revered by Muslims and Jews.
Meanwhile Tunisia, Norway and China have requested another emergency UN Security Council meeting be scheduled Friday over the worsening hostilities between Israel and Palestinians.
The session would be public and would include participation by Israel and the Palestinians.
The Council has already held two closed-door videoconferences since Monday.
The conflict has also triggered a wave of street violence in Israel between Jews and Israeli Arabs.
Political leaders have appealed for calm. At least 67 people in Gaza and seven people in Israel have been killed.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking late on Wednesday night, said he planned to send in military forces to help police maintain order.
“Nothing can justify an Arab mob assaulting Jews, and nothing can justify a Jewish mob assaulting Arabs,” he said in a video statement, reported by a news wing. He said the government would use all its strength to protect Israel from enemies.
Palestinian militants have been firing rockets into Israel since Monday night, and Israel has responded by hitting targets in the territory.
On Thursday morning, the IDF said about 1,500 rockets had been fired from Gaza into Israeli cities since hostilities escalated at the start of this week.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says that more than 400 people have been injured there since the conflict began, in addition to the 67 who have died.
