Israeli PM Netanyahu says he is "determined to carry on" with the military operation in Gaza until "calm and security are restored"
Earlier US President Biden told Netanyahu he expected a "significant de-escalation" on Wednesday
Israel shells targets in Lebanon after four rockets were fired towards Israel from Lebanese territory
Efforts to broker a truce between Israel and Palestinian militants continue, but little progress appears to have been made
“The operation is continuing at full throttle. There is still no ceasefire on the table,” Israeli defence sources tell the BBC
Hamas officials, meanwhile, say ceasefire efforts "are serious and continuing” but Palestinian demands must be met
New Israeli air strikes hit Gaza overnight as fighting entered a 10th day
At least two militants were killed in strikes on apartment buildings in the territory
Barrages of rockets were also fired into Israel, with Hamas saying it targeted an air base in the south
Israeli defence sources have poured cold water on the possibility of an imminent ceasefire.
“The IDF operation is continuing at full-throttle. There is still no ceasefire on the table,” an official told the the BBC on Wednesday.
Israel has named the Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif as one of its top targets.
A spokesman for the army, Brig Gen Hidai Zilberman, said earlier: "Throughout the operation we have tried to assassinate Mohammed Deif. We've tried to kill him several times."
He gave no further details, but media reports suggest Deif has managed to escape the latest Israeli air strikes.
Deif is the head of the Hamas's military wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, and has been at the top of Israel's "most wanted" list for years.
He is thought to have narrowly escaped the Israeli army's efforts to kill him on several occasions, including in the last major conflict in 2014 when his wife and one of his children were killed.
Yolande Knell
BBC Middle East correspondent, Jerusalem
As the deadly fighting spilled into a 10th day, Israel said that its fighter jets had attacked military infrastructure in the apartments of Hamas commanders. At least two militants were reported to have been killed.
Hamas, meanwhile, said that its rockets were targeting Israeli air force bases.
With international diplomacy gathering pace to try to restore calm, reports began circulating that a truce – brokered by Egypt - could come into force within days. However, these were quickly denied.
A senior Israeli official said there were no agreements or commitments.
A Hamas leader said that efforts by mediators were “serious and continuous” but that Palestinian demands had still to be met.
Image source, Getty ImagesFifty rockets have been launched by militants from Gaza over the past day, according to Israel’s military. Forty of these were fired into Israel, and 10 landed within the Gaza Strip.
Israel says that overnight it dropped dozens of bombs on a network of around 40 underground tunnels operated by Hamas - the militant group that controls Gaza. These were concentrated on the cites of Khan Younis and Rafah.
It also said it had targeted a weapons manufacturing site used by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a local Islamist group.
As the fighting continues, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry has updated the territory’s death toll. It says 219 people have now been killed there – 63 of them children. Another 1,530 residents have been injured.
Israel says at least 150 militants are among those killed in Gaza. Hamas, however, does not give casualty figures for fighters.
At least 12 people, including two children, have been killed in Israel, its medical service says.
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