Gaza under renewed Israeli airstrikes

At least seven Palestinians have been killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes on Gaza as Israel threatened to escalate the fighting after an Israeli child was killed by a mortar fire.

Loud explosions and thick plumes of smoke could be seen over Gaza City on Saturday morning as fighting continued between Israel and Hamas, according to the AP news agency.

Hamas released a video allegedly showing rockets being fired at Israel, while the Israeli military said that at least 80 rockets had been fired, and it retaliated by targeting alleged rocket sites.

In the occupied West Bank Hamas supporters clashed with Palestinian security forces while demonstrating against Israel's military offensive.

The Palestinian police fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse protesters. Demonstrators accused the security forces of collaborating with the Israeli army. Clashes also took place in other West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Ramallah.

According to Palestinian health officials, at least 2,092 Palestinians have been killed since the fighting began on July 8.

According to the UN figures, at least 478 Palestinian children and minors were among the dead, including 320 who were 12 or younger.

On the Israeli side, the death on Friday of a four-year-old boy, who died when a mortar shell hit two cars in Nahal Oz, raised the death toll to 68, including 64 soldiers, three civilians and a Thai worker.