The UN Human Rights Council has launched a probe into the Gaza offensive, backing calls by the Palestinians to hold the Israeli regime to account despite fierce opposition from Tel Aviv.
Khaled Mashaal, head of Hamas' political bureau, has said that Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza refuse to disarm.
Unceasing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have left dozens more Palestinians dead in a single day, bringing the death toll since the beginning of Israel's offensive on the Strip to 701.
The United Nations says at least one Palestinian child has been killed every hour during the ongoing Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Damascus has said it welcomes the nomination of Staffan de Mistura as new UN peace envoy, while demanding he shows "objectivity and integrity" in pursuing his Syria mission.
More militants in Syria have been killed or injured in large-scale military operations that were launched on Wednesday against their hideouts and gatherings in several areas around the country.
The military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement (Hamas) says it has hit an Israeli F-16 warplane over the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Israeli war machinery continues to target the besieged Gaza Strip from air and land, pushing the Palestinian death toll to at least 655.
Two more Israeli soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip, raising the official number of the troops killed in the 16-day Israeli offensive against the blockaded Palestinian sliver to 29.
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