At least seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported Al Jazeera
According to the TV the Israeli Air Force carried out a series of attacks against residential buildings in the village of Beit Lahiya, located in the northern part of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Intensive tank attacks and artillery shelling were reported in the Jabalia refugee camp, also located in the northern part of the Palestinian enclave.
The Israel Defense Forces announced the death of another soldier during the fighting against the radical Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
According to the press service, Major Guy Yaakov Nizri, a 25-year-old company commander of the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Iron Traces Division, died in hospital from a severe wound received in a battle in northern Gaza. Thus, the total number of army losses during the new round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict reached 772.
In the meantime, it has become clear that the armed forces of the Shiite movement Hezbollah have destroyed an Israeli Defense Forces Merkava tank on the Lebanese-Israeli border.
According to Al Mayadeen TV channel the clash took place in the Lebanese region of Al Hamames when Israeli troops tried to cross the border near the town of Hiam.
Moroccan King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday evening an immediate end to Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon. This is stated in a communique published by the monarch's office, TASS reported.
The heads of state held talks in Rabat, discussing bilateral relations, regional and international issues. During the meeting, Macron welcomed "the constructive role of Mohammed VI in the interests of peace in the Middle East".
„The two heads of state called for an immediate end to the attacks in Gaza and Lebanon, citing as a priority the protection of civilians, the provision and rationalization of the delivery of sufficient humanitarian aid and the cessation of the regional conflagration,”, the communiqué emphasized.
The parties called for an “urgent revival of the peace process within the framework of a two-state solution with an independent Palestinian state within the borders of June 4, 1967, with capital in East Jerusalem.“