Israel-Palestine Conflict LIVE Updates: Israeli military says Gaza tunnels destroyed in heavy airstrikes

Israel-Palestine Conflict LIVE Updates | The largely liberal, secular beachside city of Tel Aviv has a reputation for being a hedonistic bubble. But during the past week, the city has been targeted by at least 160 rockets fired out of the Palestinian coastal enclave of Gaza, about 40 miles to the south.

The bombardment of Tel Aviv has been a devastating turn of events for a bustling metropolis that brands itself as Israel’s non-stop party city on the Mediterranean coast and the financial hub of the country.

Over the weekend, incoming alerts and rocket salvos sent crowds of beachgoers running for cover and closed down many of the city’s famed restaurants and bars.

Israel-Palestine Conflict LIVE Updates | Cricket club comes to rescue of Indian researchers in southern Israeli city under attack from Hamas

A cricket club in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba has come to the rescue of several Indian researchers at the Ben-Gurion University in the Negev southern region, who had been struggling for a proper shelter while being under a complete siege with rockets raining over the country's south during the past one week.

The Beersheba Cricket Club building, a two-storey structure close to the University, which is actually a shelter house with an underground floor, opened its door for the local residents immediately after rockets launched by Palestinian militants started to fall on Israel's southern areas and also extended the kind gesture to Indian researchers at the university who were looking for proper protection during distressed times. (Input from PTI)

Israel-Palestine Conflict LIVE Updates | Speaking at the United Nations Security Council’s meeting, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador TS Tirumurti expressed deep concern over the recent violence in Jerusalem, Haram Al Sharif/Temple Mount and the evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan.

India urged both sides to refrain from unilaterally changing the status-quo, including in East Jerusalem and neighbouring areas. "Historic status-quo of holy places in Jerusalem must be respected," Tirumurti said, while calling for resumption of a direct dialogue.

Israel-Palestine Conflict LIVE Updates | Death toll: At least 188 Palestinians have been killed in hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza Strip, including 55 children and 33 women, with 1,230 people wounded.

Eight people in Israel have been killed in rocket attacks launched from Gaza, including a 5-year-old boy and a soldier.

Israel-Palestine Conflict LIVE Updates | A little-noticed police action in Jerusalem last month was one of several incidents that led to the current Israel-Palestine crisis.

Israel-Palestine Conflict LIVE Updates | Palestinian media has reported that Israel had struck a factory in northern Gaza earlier today. Video on social media showed a column of thick black smoke rising into the air. There were no immediate reports of casualties on either side of the border. (Input from Reuters)

Israel-Palestine Conflict LIVE Updates | As violence flares within Israel and on a day in which Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City killed at least 42 people, it was business as usual for a senior Israeli tourism official in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as she promoted the country as a must-see destination for Muslim visitors.

It might seem an odd proposition at an odd time given that major airlines have suspended flights to Israel amid the flare-up in violence and while the spread of coronavirus remains a threat.