Updated On: 14 May, 2021 07:52 AM IST | Gaza City | Agencies
The relentless escalation of hostilities came even as Egyptian negotiators held in-person talks with the two sides, intensifying efforts at mediation.

Israelis take cover in a shop in the city of Bat Yam as a siren rings during rocket attack from Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Thursday. Pics/AFP
Hamas sent a heavy barrage of rockets deep into Israel in a matter of minutes on Thursday and Israel pounded Gaza with more airstrikes. The relentless escalation of hostilities came even as Egyptian negotiators held in-person talks with the two sides, intensifying efforts at mediation.
A Palestinian man checks the damage caused by an Israeli air strike at the Islamic National Bank of the Palestinian Hamas movement in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday