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“Bloodbath in Gaza continues” amid international attempts for de-escalation

A US envoy, Hadi Amr, has arrived in Tel Aviv to hold de-escalation talks as the fighting between Israel and the Palestinians continues.

Hadi Amr will participate in talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials and the United Nations to reinforce what US diplomats have described as the need for a “sustainable calm.”

An Israeli air strike on a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip killed 10 people on Saturday, while a Palestinian missile killed a man in Israel.

The Israeli bombardment has killed at least 139 people in Gaza, while the Palestinian group’s rockets have killed 9 in Israel, since the fighting began last Monday.

Palestinian health officials say nearly half of the victims in Gaza are women and children.

The escalation of violence during the past six days came after weeks of escalating Israeli-Palestinian tension in East Jerusalem, which reached its climax after Israeli attacks on Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

On Saturday, Palestinian health officials said that the Israeli bombing killed 13 people in the Gaza Strip, while 10 lost their lives in an Israeli air strike on a refugee camp west of Gaza City.

Witnesses confirmed that a five-month-old infant was the only survivor of that strike, and was found trapped in the rubble next to his deceased mother. A number of people have also been reported missing.

Reuters news agency reported that Akram Farouk, 36, fled his home in Gaza with his family after a neighbor told him that they had received a call from an Israeli officer warning that the building would be bombed.

“We did not sleep all night because of the explosions, and I am now in the street with my wife and children who are crying and shivering,” he said.

The United Nations says an estimated 10,000 Palestinians have left their homes in Gaza since Monday due to the conflict.

Saturday also saw an Israeli air strike that destroyed a tower in Gaza housing media organizations. No person was known to be killed in this attack.

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