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Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza on Thursday in response to Palestinian rocket fire, days after the United States urged all sides to calm escalating violence.
From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel
Urges calm on both sides, end to resurgent violence.
A US team is in Ramallah to discuss de-escalation with the Palestinians. The security team is to liaise between the Palestinian Authority and Israel on security matters and do on-the-ground monitoring to defuse tensions.
JERUSALEM -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Tuesday with little to show for his renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence.