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| Gaza crisis: Egyptians back under-fire Palestinians | Gaza crisis: Egyptians back under-fire Palestinians |
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| Egyptian leaders have promised to support Gaza against Israeli attacks, as violence escalated for a third day. | Egyptian leaders have promised to support Gaza against Israeli attacks, as violence escalated for a third day. |
| President Mohammed Mursi said he would not leave Gaza on its own and condemned Israel's "blatant aggression", hours after his prime minister visited Gaza. | President Mohammed Mursi said he would not leave Gaza on its own and condemned Israel's "blatant aggression", hours after his prime minister visited Gaza. |
| Israel mounted a huge attack overnight, targeting dozens of locations. Later, Gaza militants targeted Tel Aviv with a missile but there were no casualties. | Israel mounted a huge attack overnight, targeting dozens of locations. Later, Gaza militants targeted Tel Aviv with a missile but there were no casualties. |
| Twenty Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed since Wednesday. | Twenty Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed since Wednesday. |
| Militants and civilians, including at least five children, were among the Palestinian dead, Palestinian officials said. | |
| Two Israeli women and a man died when a rocket fired from Gaza hit a building in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi on Thursday, Israeli officials said. | |
| Powerful missiles | |
| The Israeli army began an initial draft of 16,000 reservists on Friday, after the government authorised the call-up of 30,000. | |
| Rumours have been swirling that a ground attack is imminent, but Israeli officials have said no decision has yet been made. | |
| Israel targeted more than 130 locations in an overnight assault it said was aimed at knocking out rocket-firing facilities. | |
| Sporadic Israeli air strikes have continued throughout Friday, and militants in Gaza have fired dozens of rockets. | |
| Mr Mursi sent Prime Minister Hisham Qandil to the territory for a three-hour visit on Friday to show solidarity with the Palestinians. | |
| "Egypt will not leave Gaza on its own, and what is happening is a blatant aggression against humanity," the president said shortly after Mr Qandil returned from Gaza. | |
| Ties between Hamas and Egypt have strengthened since Mr Mursi's election earlier this year. | |
| Hamas was formed as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, to which Mr Mursi belongs. | |
| Panic in Tel Aviv | |
| Meanwhile, the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, some 75km (45 miles) north of Gaza, came under attack for a second day. | |
| A missile launched from Gaza sparked panic in the city and air-raid sirens once again sounded. | |
| The missile appears to have done no harm, with police officials quoted variously as saying it had landed in the sea or in an unpopulated area. | |
| It is the first time Tel Aviv has come under attack since the 1991 Gulf War. | |
| Analysts say it is the first time Gaza militants have deployed such powerful missiles. | |
| Western leaders have appealed for both sides to stop the escalation in violence. | |
| Britain and Germany both said Hamas bears the brunt of the blame and should stop firing rockets immediately. |