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We're now pausing our live coverage of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict - many thanks for staying with us.

To recap, here are the key developments from the past 24 hours:

• Israel's military is preparing for an "intensive night" of strikes against more targets linked to the Palestinian group Hamas's network of underground tunnels , externalin Gaza

• Three Palestinians have died following clashes with the Israeli security forces in the West Bank, with 72 injured, the Palestinian Health Ministry says

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, had "received blows it did not expect" and had been set back by "years"
• Egypt has sent 65 tonnes of medical aid to neighbouring Gaza - the UN said at least six hospitals in the territory had been damaged since the conflict erupted
• Israel closed crossings into Gaza just hours after opening them to allow in humanitarian aid. It said it was responding to a barrage of mortar shells fired by Palestinian militants into southern Israel
• Two men from Thailand working at a packaging factory in southern Israel, near the Gaza border, were killed by Palestinian rocket-fire. At least eight others were wounded in the attack.
• The fighting has now killed 213 Palestinians, according to the health ministry in Gaza. The death toll on the Israeli side rose to 12 today

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The funeral has taken place of a Jewish man who died after sustaining serious injuries during violence between Israeli Arabs and Jews in Israel's central city of Lod last week.

Mourners attended the service for Yigal Yehoshua, 56, who was hit in the head by a large rock or brick thrown by protesters while driving home in Lod, a city not far from Tel Aviv, on 11 May.

Yehoshua was taken to hospital for treatment, but later died of his injuries.

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At least 12 people were reportedly injured in the clashes that day, which followed the funeral of an Israeli Arab man who died during unrest in the city a day earlier.

The BBC's Rushdi Abualouf in Gaza shared this video showing collapsed buildings on a major street there. Trees line one side of the road, while the other is scarred by rubble and twisted metal.

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Two more Palestinians have died after they were hit by live fire during clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry has said.

The ministry said three Palestinians have now died and 72 were injured - five critically - after today's unrest in the area.

The violence came as Palestinians across the West Bank and in east Jerusalem observed a general strike in support of those under bombardment in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli's military is yet to comment on the three deaths.

But in an earlier statement, the Israeli army said its soldiers "responded with fire" after "a number of rioters fired extensively" at them near Ramallah.

"Two soldiers were injured in their legs, and were evacuated to a hospital for further medical treatment," the military said.

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The BBC OS radio show on the World Service has been speaking to people across Israel and Gaza to hear their stories and experiences. Today they spoke to a Jewish Israeli mother in the city of Lod, which has seen unrest and violence.

Katy Berman, a mother of seven and teacher:

"I personally did not leave the house for 4 days, I was so scared, scared I would get a rock thrown through my car window, scared someone would ambush me...

"When I met my (Arab) neighbour we spoke about how we felt the night before when we were woke up umpteen times by the sirens. Because rockets are coming, and on top of the rioting we’re having rockets sent over by Hamas in Gaza. So we spoke as two mothers you know, ‘how did you sleep at night?’ and ‘how did your kids sleep at night', and how scary is it.

"My older kids are very worried about the situation, they’re worried in the way they wish they were here and could help and do something. With my younger kids, they don’t really know what’s going on….. I’m not sure what to tell them, I’m not sure what they’ll understand, how they’ll go in the street – I don’t want them to be scared."

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Israel's military has enacted emergency security rules in parts of the West Bank, reports say.

The Times of Israel newspaper said, external the military had declared a “special situation” in several areas, citing the threat of rocket fire.

It said the declaration was not related to unrest in the West Bank, which has seen violent confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli police today.

Under the rules, schools, universities and workplaces will only be allowed to remain open if they are in the vicinity of a protective area, according to another Israeli newspaper, the Jerusalem Post, external.

The paper said Elkana, Karnei Shomron, and Oranit were among the areas where these rules would apply. It did not specify when they would come into force or how long they would apply for.

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Hungary has refused to back a European Union statement that called for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians.

Hungary's foreign minister Peter Szijjarto dismissed the EU's statement on Israel as "one-sided".

"I have a general problem with these European statements on Israel," Szijjarto told the AFP news agency. He said "these statements do not help, especially not under current circumstances, when the tension is so high."

His comments came after the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, called for an "immediate cessation of all violence and the implementation of a ceasefire".

Borrell said the statement was backed by all EU member states except Hungary.

In recent years Hungary has been one of Israel's staunchest supporters in Europe. It has blocked several EU efforts to criticise Israeli policies, such as the US move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Israel's military is preparing to strike more targets linked to the Palestinian group Hamas's network of underground tunnels, external in Gaza, the Jerusalem Post reports.

The newspaper quotes Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Brig Gen Hidai Zilberman as describing "an intensive night ahead of us" as its operations look to strike "new locations".

The IDF said it had struck dozens of "terror targets" and had already destroyed more than 15km (9.3 miles) of an underground tunnel network belonging to Hamas.

Tunnel systems used by Hamas fighters have long been an important target for Israeli air raids.

Earlier today, Brig Gen Zilberman told Israel's Army Radio that the IDF was "not talking about a ceasefire", adding: "We're focused on the firing."

• Read more: Inside Gaza's tunnels

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A large blaze has broken out at a paint warehouse in the town of Rafah in Gaza following a reported Israeli strike.

Eyewitnesses said a shell had hit the property on Tuesday afternoon, Reuters reports. It is not clear why the warehouse would have been targeted.

Images show firefighters tackling the blaze while workers attempt to rescue stored items.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reaffirmed his government's commitment to its operations against Palestinian militants in Gaza.

Speaking at an air base a short time ago, Netanyahu said Israel would continue striking targets there "for as long as necessary to restore quiet to the citizens of Israel".

He said Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, had "received blows it did not expect", setting it back by "years".

"Our enemies around us can see what price we exact for attacks against us," Netanyahu said.

The Times of Israel newspaper said, external rocket alarms sounded at the base near Beersheba during Netanyahu’s visit.

Mustafa Barghouti, the West Bank-based leader of the Palestinian National Initiative political party, tells BBC World News: “Palestinians are ready for a ceasefire; it’s Israel that is abstaining from a ceasefire.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to end rocket attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in Gaza and says its air strikes will continue for “as long as it takes in order to restore calm for all of Israel’s citizens”.

“If Israel wants to keep shooting and throwing rockets with their F-16 jet fighters… and wants Palestinians not to defend themselves, of course that will not happen,” Mr Barghouti says.

“A ceasefire means that nobody will send rockets - that nobody will shoot on both sides.”

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Germany has pledged €40m ($48.9m; £34.4m) in humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza.

According to the UN more than 52,000 Palestinians have been displaced by the current violence.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he would "lobby for a better humanitarian supply in Gaza" at a meeting of EU member states today.

He also condemned rocket attacks on Israel from Hamas, and stressed that Israel had the right to defend itself.

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A Palestinian protester has been killed in clashes with Israeli security forces on the outskirts of the city of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

The ministry said the 25-year-old man was shot in the chest at the entrance to al-Bireh. Another 50 people were injured, five of them seriously, it added.

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, external that Israeli forces fired live rounds, rubber-coated bullets and tear gas during a protest against Israel’s air strikes on the Gaza Strip and its actions against Palestinians elsewhere. Palestinian factions had called for a "day of rage".

The Israeli military said "a number of rioters fired extensively" at its soldiers near Ramallah, and that they "responded with fire". "Two soldiers were injured in their legs, and were evacuated to a hospital for further medical treatment," it added.

There were also clashes between protesters and Israeli forces in Bethlehem, where the health ministry said nine people were injured, and in occupied East Jerusalem.

A Norwegian aid group has been powerfully drawing attention to the deaths of children in the conflict, noting that a number of young people killed in Gaza were directly receiving its help.

"We are devastated to learn that... children we were helping with trauma were bombarded while they were at home and thought they were safe," the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland, added.

At least two Israeli children have been killed by rockets fired from Gaza by Hamas militants since the start of this latest conflict - and Israel says many more are living in fear.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denied the US is obstructing diplomacy, after the country refused to back a UN Security Council declaration on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

China has accused the US of hindering the Council's efforts to speak with "one voice".

But Blinken insists the US is "engaged in quiet, but very intensive diplomacy".

He said: "... Would any given action or any given statement actually advance the goal of ending the violence?"

"If we think, going forward, that there's something, including at the United Nations, that would actually effectively advance the objective, we would be for it," he said.

The UN Security Council is due to meet for a fourth emergency session later on Tuesday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Jordan’s King Abdullah II have called for a “speedy” ceasefire to end the hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza.

Mrs Merkel’s spokesman said that both leaders had “agreed that initiatives for a speedy ceasefire should be supported in order to create the conditions for the resumption of political negotiations”.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex also called for an immediate end to the violence and urged Israel to guarantee unhindered access for aid to Gaza.

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Egypt has sent 65 tonnes of medical aid to neighbouring Gaza, as the fighting in the region shows no sign of easing.

It comes after the UN said at least six hospitals in the territory had been damaged since the conflict erupted more than a week ago.

Healthcare and other services have also been disrupted by frequent power cuts. The only coronavirus-testing laboratory in Gaza - which has one of the highest rates of positive tests in the world - was knocked out on Monday.

The supplies sent by Egypt include specialist burns treatment materials as well as "ventilators, oxygen tanks [and] syringes," Health Minister Hala Zayed said.

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We earlier posted on reports that Palestinian rockets launched into southern Israel had struck a packaging factory in the Eshkol region and killed two Thai workers.

Thailand's foreign ministry has now confirmed that two of its citizens died - while eight others were wounded - in the attack at 14:50 local time (11:50 GMT) some 14km (about nine miles) from the border with Gaza.

The two Thai men had been working at the Obad farming estate in Eshkol town, the ministry said.

One eyewitness, Adirek Jinseng, a Thai worker at the estate, told the BBC's Thai service that the attack happened as people were resting during their lunch break.

"I heard two explosions in the sky, but there was no warning siren. More than 10 workers then rushed... to hide in the bunkers," Adirek said, adding that he saw one person killed at the scene and several others with serious injuries.

A senior Thai diplomat in Israel told the BBC that around 4,000 of the country's citizens had been working within a 100km radius of Gaza. Some were relocated to safer areas over the weekend.

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A member of the UN's relief agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has told the BBC that civilians in Gaza are "terrified".

"For me, this has for a couple of days now felt like a full-scale war," says Matthias Schmale, who is in charge of the Unrwa's operations in the territory.

Some 48,000 people are seeking shelter in 58 of the agency's schools, he says.

"I heard that at least 8,000 people no longer have a home they can go to because it’s either totally destroyed or severely damaged, and then of course we have people killed.

"We have a terrified population worried where the next strike, where the next bomb is going to fall from."

Mark Regev, a senior advisor to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, has told the BBC that Israel is looking for "sustainable peace" rather than a short-term fix.

Regev said such a fix would just become a "prescription for another Gaza war a month from now".

"We want to come out of this with a solution that will bring a sustainable period of peace and quiet," he said. "Not some quick fix that will fall apart very quickly."