envoy to the region met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.Įgypt and U.N. officials put in calls to Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates on Monday, and a U.S. Late on Monday Hamas denied that it had offices in the building, known as al-Jala: 'These are false allegations and an attempt to justify the crime of targeting a civilian tower,' said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum in a statement.īlinken and other U.S. He also said he had not seen any evidence provided by Israel on suggestions that Hamas was operating out of a building housing media outlets - including the U.S.-based Associated Press - which was destroyed in an Israeli missile strike at the weekend. Israel had the right to defend itself, Blinken said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged all sides to protect civilians. With the fiercest regional hostilities in years showing no sign of abating, U.S. The Israeli military said militants had fired about 3,350 rockets from Gaza, and that Israeli air and artillery strikes had killed least 130 Palestinian combatants. Ten people have been killed in Israel, including two children. Gaza health officials put the Palestinian death toll since hostilities flared up last week at least 212, including 61 children and 36 women. A synagogue was hit in Ashkelon and an apartment building in Ashdod. Rocket barrages, some of them launched in response to the killing of Islamic Jihad's Hussam Abu Harbeed, sent Israelis dashing for bomb shelters. engagement with Egypt and other partners towards that end,' it said. 'The President expressed his support for a ceasefire and discussed U.S. President Joe Biden, in a call with Netanyahu later on Monday, expressed his support for a ceasefire in the fighting, the White House said in a statement.

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