US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrives in Turkey on Sunday, continuing diplomatic efforts to stop the escalation of the conflict. On Saturday, President Joe Biden suggested that some progress had been made in the talks. Arab countries are calling for an immediate ceasefire, but the US is concerned that it will allow Hamas to regroup. Israeli troops are advancing deep into Gaza. Israel accuses Hamas of trying to prevent people from crossing the border.

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06:52 Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Washington on Saturday night to protest the Biden administration’s support for Israel and its military campaign in Gaza, the Associated Press reported. “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” chanted the demonstrators, who were mostly young. The meaning of the slogan is disputed, with some saying it advocates the destruction of Israel.

Demonstrators wore black and white keffiyehs as the crowd unfurled a huge Palestinian flag that filled Pennsylvania Avenue, the street leading to the White House.

Dozens of small white body bags with the names of the slain children lined the street, while protesters held placards calling for an immediate ceasefire.

06:45 British police arrested 29 people in London during a massive pro-Palestinian rally on Saturday, citing crimes such as inciting racial hatred, violence and assaulting a police officer, CNN reported.

According to London’s Metropolitan Police, tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Trafalgar Square, and most demonstrated peacefully.

A man suspected of making anti-Semitic comments during a speech has been arrested after he was identified on social media using retrospective facial recognition technology, police said.

06:30 Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that 51 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed and dozens wounded during Israeli shelling of the Magazi refugee camp in Gaza on Saturday night.

06:00 Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Saturday night and early Sunday, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing Palestinian reports.

The station reported that Jenin, Nablus and Tulkarm were among the sites of fighting.

In Nablus, three Palestinians were injured during an Israeli raid, the report said. In Jenin, one Palestinian was injured and at least one other was arrested in the raid.

10:10 in the evening AFP is calling for an investigation into the attack on its office in Gaza

Agence France-Presse called on Israel to carry out a “thorough and transparent investigation to establish precisely the responsibility of its army” after the attack that seriously damaged its office in Gaza on Thursday, a city that has been shelled for weeks.

21:25“We will find Sinvar and destroy him”

Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Saturday that Israel would “find” and “eliminate” the leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar.

21:02 Hamas’ armed wing says it fired a long-range rocket into southern Israel on Saturday.

The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that they had fired an Ayyash 250 rocket at the port city of Eilat, Israel’s southernmost point. It is a rocket produced by Hamas, which, according to the Palestinian Islamist organization, has a range of 250 kilometers.