Calls for ceasefire grow as situation in Gaza deteriorates

According to details, Palestinian residents across the West Bank and East Jerusalem staged a massive protest against Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

Meanwhile, the calls for ceasefire are growing amid deteriorating situation in Gaza as United States (US) President Joe Biden has backed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but blocked a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) statement calling for an end to violence.

The latest escalation of tensions between Israel and Hamas, which governs Gaza, has now entered its second week. So far 220 Palestinians, including 63 children, have been killed since the and more than 1,500 are wounded.

Foreign Policy Chief of European Union (EU), Josep Borrell has also called for the implementation of a ceasefire, following a video conference of EU foreign ministers.

On the other hand Israel has reported 10 deaths as a result of retaliatory shelling by Hamas.

Israeli police, in its latest act of violence, stormed the compound on May 10 for a third consecutive day, firing rubber-coated steel rounds, stun grenades and tear gas at Palestinian worshippers inside the mosque in the final days of the holy month of Ramadan.