Israel, Hamas Fighting Intensifies as Biden Calls for Calm
- At least 60 people killed in Gaza Strip and six in Israel
- Israeli military says it’s deploying along Gaza Strip border
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Fierce clashes between the Israeli military and rocket squads in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip spurred a concerted diplomatic push to end the most serious fighting to convulse the area since a 2014 war.
The U.S. dispatched an envoy to the region and Egypt and Qatar sought to help broker a truce as relentless Israeli air raids and Palestinian rocket barrages sent the death toll climbing through the night on Wednesday. More than 60 Palestinians have been reported killed in Gaza and at least six people in Israel since the violence abruptly exploded late Monday.