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Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip continued their rocket attacks on Israeli cities on Saturday.
In the desert city of Beershevah in southern Israel and in border towns to the Gaza Strip, the warning sirens howled in the morning, as the Israeli military announced.
The Israeli army reportedly continued to attack targets in the Palestinian Territory.
The air force fired at several rocket launchers and two combat units belonging to the Islamist Hamas ruling in the Gaza Strip, the statement said. A Hamas "operations office" was hit near the center of Gaza. Underground launching systems were also reportedly bombed.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa announced on Saturday that a house had been hit in the Shati refugee camp in western Gaza.
At least seven members of a Palestinian family were killed, including children.
Civilians were also killed in Beit Lahia in the north of the coastal strip and in other places.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said the reports were being checked.
According to Wafa, 136 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since violence escalated on Monday.
Israel rejects Egypt's offer to mediate a ceasefire
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According to police, a house in the Israeli city of Beersheva was hit by rocket fragments.
There was property damage, but no injuries, it said.
The Israeli coastal cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod were also attacked again.
As Israel's army announced, eight people were killed in Israel by the rocket fire in the past few days.
At the beginning of the week the situation escalated.
Militant Palestinians are constantly bombarding Israel with rockets - according to the Israeli army, there have been more than 2000 recently. Israel is responding with massive attacks in the coastal area.
As the German press agency learned from Egyptian security circles, Israel rejected an offer from Egypt to arrange a ceasefire.
Around two million people live in the densely populated Gaza Strip.
Humanitarian Coordinator for the Palestinian Territories, Lynn Hastings, said the United Nations estimated that around 10,000 Palestinians had already left their homes in the Gaza Strip because of the ongoing hostilities.
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Israel and Egypt keep the Gaza Strip under blockade and justify this with security considerations.
The Islamist Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by Israel, the USA and the EU.
She has made the destruction of Israel her goal.
Meanwhile, rocket attacks on Israel from the Palestinian Territories continued.
Missile alarms were heard in the south of the country.
The Israeli army has attacked nearly 800 targets in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the week, including a Hamas tunnel system built under residential areas.
The conflict also spread to the West Bank on Friday.
According to the Palestinian authorities, eleven people died there.
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In addition, Israel continues to be shaken by violence between Jewish and Arab Israelis.
On Saturday night, young Palestinians set fire to barricades in Shuafat in East Jerusalem.
The Israeli police used tear gas.
Since the beginning of the week, more than 750 people have been arrested because of the outbreaks of violence within the country.
The US sent its Middle East envoy Hady Amr to Israel because of the escalating conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Vice-spokeswoman for the US State Department, Jalina Porter, said that he would hold talks with Israeli government officials and Palestinian leaders and campaign for “sustainable calm”.