UN condemns Israeli attack on Palestinian residential areas, Israel vows to 'intensify' operation in Gaza

The UN Secretary General condemned an Israeli attack on a school, which killed 10 people today, as "a moral outrage and a criminal act," reports the Independent.

Israeli attacks reportedly destroyed several residential blocks in Gaza, killing over 118 people. 

Hamas militants, on Saturday, wounded over 17 Israelis and killed a 4 year old child with rocket attacks on Israel. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that the Israeli military operations would "intensify" in response to the killing, reports the BBC.

Netanyahu’s spokesperson quoted the prime minister as saying that Hamas would pay a "heavy price" for the death, reports the BBC.

Hamas sources in Gaza said that 18 people suspected of collaborating with the Israeli government were executed today, reports the BBC.

The conflict in Gaza escalates as Egypt and the Palestinian Authority made strong demands for a ceasefire.

The Egyptian appeal for a ceasefire came "in light of the ongoing escalation of military activities in the Gaza Strip and big human and material losses to the Palestinian people," said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.

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