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We're now pausing our live coverage. To recap, here are the key developments from the past 24 hours:

- Fighting between Palestinians and Israeli security forces has now spread to the West Bank, with 10 Palestinians reported dead

- Some of the heaviest exchanges of fire between Gaza militants and Israel have been reported

- Intense talks with international mediators are reported to be continuing

- At least 122 people have been killed in Gaza and eight in Israel since fighting began on Monday

You can still get all the latest updates on this story on the BBC News website.

Friday's coverage was brought to you by a team of journalists in London: Jack Hunter, Kelly-Leigh Cooper, George Wright, Alexandra Fouché and Yaroslav Lukov. The live page was edited by Sean Fanning, Matthew Davis and Alice Cuddy.

Fighting in the Gaza Strip and Israel - the worst since 2014 - is showing no sign of abating, and has now spread to the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Here are some of the latest images from the region, amid growing fears that the conflict could escalate into an all-out war.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are now reporting that three rockets were fired towards Israel from Syria.

In a tweet, the IDF said one of the rockets "fell in Syria",, external without providing any further details.

Israeli media reported that the other two rockets landed in open terrain, with no injuries recorded.

It is unclear who was behind the rocket launch, the reports said.

Paul Adams
BBC diplomatic correspondent, in Jerusalem

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken of Israel waging a battle on two fronts.

He may not have been doing justice to the swirling array of conflicts currently raging across Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.

Rarely in recent years has violence erupted everywhere at the same time.

A week ago, the fear that Palestinians in east Jerusalem might be evicted to make way for Jewish settlers, coupled with repeated raids by Israeli security forces on the area surrounding Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, galvanised opinion among Israeli Arabs and triggered waves of rocket attacks by Hamas.

Long-simmering resentments among Israel’s Arab minority exploded in several of the country’s mixed cities. Violent gangs, Jewish and Arab, exploited the tension, roaming the streets looking for targets to attack.

By Friday, the violence circled back to the West Bank, where the death toll in clashes with the Israeli army crept up throughout the day.

Further afield, hundreds of protesters demonstrated on the Jordanian side of the bridge that leads to the West Bank, while in Lebanon, a few dozen demonstrators breached the fence and briefly crossed into Israel. Israeli troops opened fire, killing one.

Jerusalem, land, holy places and decades of unresolved conflict. This week’s spasm of violence has highlighted them all.

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As we reported earlier, the Palestinian health ministry now says at least 10 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank.

At least 122 more people have died in Gaza, while eight have died in Israel since the fighting began on Monday.

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked earlier whether Israel is showing sufficient restraint with its response during the conflict. In response, she reiterated President Biden's view that Israel has "the right to self-defence" to rocket attacks.

"I think it's also important to remind people: Hamas is a terrorist organisation," she told journalists.

"Hamas does not represent the views, the families, the people who are suffering. All of the Palestinian people who are suffering as a result of this violence. But there's no justification for 1,500 rockets coming from Hamas into communities in Israel either."

Psaki said the Biden administration's focus remained on "de-escalation".

The comments came as US envoy Hady Amr arrived in Israel.

Mark Regev, a senior advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has told BBC World News there is "no magic fix" for the recent escalation.

“We didn’t want this conflict but now that it is started it has to end with a sustained period of quiet and that can only be achieved by Israel taking out Hamas, their military structure, their command and control, their communications, their arsenals," he said.

Meanwhile, Nour Odeh, a political analyst and former spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority, has told the BBC that the "wider picture" regarding the conflict needs to be considered.

"We cannot just say that Hamas needs to stop firing rockets. We have to ask the harder questions. Why is Israel continuing to lay siege to Gaza?"

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Here's a look at some of the latest reactions from world leaders:

French President Emmanuel Macron's office said he had spoken on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In a statement (in French),, external Macron's office said the president offered his "condolences for the victims of the rocket fire claimed by Hamas and other terrorist groups".

Macron called for a return to peace, "and also communicated to his counterpart his concern about the civilian population in Gaza".

On Thursday, Macron had discussed the growing conflict with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

In Austria, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in a statement to AFP news agency: "I condemn with the utmost firmness the attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip."

Austria - as well as Slovenia - on Friday flew Israel's national flags on official buildings in a sign of "solidarity" with the Jewish state.

Meanwhile, Egypt called on both Israel and Palestinians to cease fire from midnight on Friday pending further negotiations, two Egyptian security sources were quoted as saying by Reuters.

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At least 10 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says.

The confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza has now widened, as many towns and cities in the occupied West Bank have been convulsed by angry protests.

There have been running battles between Israeli soldiers and young Palestinians, who appear newly emboldened by the events of the past week, the BBC's Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher says.

A 21-year-old Lebanese man has died of his injuries as a result of Israeli fire after he and other protesters tried to break through a security fence on the border with Israel earlier on Friday, Lebanon's state-run media report.

They say another youth was wounded during the demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Israel has not yet commented on the reports.

The Israeli military earlier said it fired warning shots towards "a number of rioters who crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory".

"The suspects sabotaged the fence and set a fire in the area before returning to Lebanese territory," it said.

Jack Hunter
BBC News

Israeli police are barring non-residents from entering the central city of Lod, the worst flashpoint for Arab-Jewish clashes, officials have told the BBC.

"It's in order to prevent any riots or disturbances," said Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. "The area is on lockdown."

Lod has seen deadly clashes between Arab and Jewish mobs, prompting the city's mayor to declare: "Civil war has broken out in Lod".

A state of emergency and night-time curfew have already been introduced, and the entry ban is an "extra measure being implemented" to quell the unrest, Mr Rosenfeld said.

The restriction on non-residents entering the city was came into force at 16:00 local time (14:00 GMT).

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More news now on that banned pro-Palestinian protest in Paris we told you about earlier.

Paris police are worried that the rally could ignite violent clashes and attacks on Jewish places of worship.

But the rally's organisers are petitioning a court to overturn the decision, according to AFP news agency.

The ban on the protest is "disproportionate" and "politically motivated", one of their lawyers said.

They are expecting a decision on Saturday morning - hours before the protest is meant to start.

Protesters gathered to wave Palestinian flags and show signs on Friday in several Muslim-majority countries including Bangladesh, Jordan, Kosovo and Turkey.

But in Europe, some protests have seen anti-Semitic slogans and vandalism. A planned pro-Palestinian protest in Paris has been banned over fears it could lead to violent clashes.

In Germany, chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman warned earlier on Friday that anti-Semitic demonstrations would not be tolerated after protesters burned Israeli flags.

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that his nation's biggest offensive against Hamas in years is not yet over.

"They attacked our capital, they fired rockets at our cities. They're paying and will continue to pay dearly for that," he said following security consultations at the military's headquarters in Tel Aviv.

"It's not over yet."

The president of the European Commission has lent her voice to the chorus of international concern at the escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence.

The only Palestinian-American member of the US Congress has criticised America's "unconditional" support for Israel during an emotional speech. Holding back tears, Rashida Tlaib said this support had "enabled the erasure of Palestinian life".

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The Israeli flag is flying on official buildings in Austria today in a sign of "solidarity".

"I condemn with the utmost firmness the attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip," conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in a statement to the AFP news agency.

"Israel has the right to defend itself against these attacks. To show our solidarity ... we have put up the Israeli flag," on the chancellery and the foreign ministry, the statement added.

"Nothing justifies the more than 1,000 rockets that Hamas and other terrorist groups have fired up to now at Israel from Gaza," said Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg.

"We strongly support the security of Israel."

In 2000, Israel recalled its ambassador to Austria after the far-right FPOe - a party founded by former Nazis - joined a coalition government.

Relations have much improved since then and Kurz has made solidifying relations with Israel a priority.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) deliberately misled Hamas in its statements about a possible ground invasion last night, a defence expert says.

There was confusion late last night when an IDF tweet suggested troops were on the ground in Gaza, before the army sent put out another statement saying that forces attacked Hamas tunnels along the border but did not cross it.

"It turned out to be a very smart tactic," Michael Stephens, a Middle East fellow at the Royal United Services Institute think tank, told BBC Radio 4's World at One.

"Which was to make Hamas fighters move into their tunnels and get all their preparations ready so that the Israeli military... could target them."

And Mr Stephens predicted Israel would send troops into Gaza, in addition to its current aerial efforts.

"A ground operation is not preferable, it's not ideal, but it's much more likely that Israeli soldiers if they do go in would be able to target these strongholds in a better manner than bombing in the air," he said.

Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank, including one who the Israeli military says attempted to stab a soldier.

More than 100 people have been injured during clashes in the occupied territory.

The Israeli military said it "neutralised" a man who attempted to stab a soldier at a military post in Ofra.

Palestinian authorities confirmed the man's death and that of a second man it said was shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Jenin.

We reported earlier that mediation efforts are under way to bring an end to the fighting, but those efforts, and appeals from other countries have had no effect so far.

A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the BBC that international calls for restraint were misplaced.

Mark Regev said Hamas had started the conflict and Israel had to make it pay a price:

"There's no magic fix here, and if you try to force a premature ceasefire, you're just going to go back to square one and we'll be here again in a month from now, and you're asking me why is Hamas shooting rockets into Israel and we are responding. That sort of answer is not a solution, it's just going to extend the problem.

"We didn't want this conflict, but now that it's started, it has to end with a sustained period of quiet and that can only be achieved by Israel taking out Hamas - their military structure, their command and control.

"Hamas has to come out of this understanding that is simply not in their interest to shoot rockets into Israel."