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forces and the militant group to end "sooner rather than later" as fears of an all-out war breaking out in the region continue to escalate.

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Remnants of Israeli fighter jets' firing retaliatory strikes in GazaCredit: Getty

President Joe Biden pledged support to Israel as it engaged in a conflict with Palestinian militant group HamasCredit: Splash

The president expressed hope for peace but warned that Israel has a right to protect its people.

Biden said: "Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Biden out for not taking Israel to task for its own alleged past human rights wrongdoings.

She : “Blanket statements like these [with] little context or acknowledgment of what precipitated this cycle of violence – namely, the expulsions of Palestinians and attacks on Al Aqsa – dehumanize Palestinians & imply the US will look the other way at human rights violations. It’s wrong."

Former President Donald Trump also took Biden to task for not supporting Israel enough.

What we know so far:

have been killed following the violence between Israel and Hamas.
demonstrators have clashed in as protests erupt across the US.
, vowing that the country will "inflict blows on them that they couldn't even dream of".
says the Biden administration's "weakness and lack of support" is to blame for the deadly Hamas rocket strike.
brands Israel's airstrikes on the Gaza strip as "terrorism".

Fire billows from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement HamasCredit: Rex

Israeli troops are seen during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the city center of the West Bank city of HebronCredit: EPA

Palestinians carry the body of a man who was killed during an Israeli airstrike earlier in Gaza CityCredit: Rex

Palestinian demonstrators are seen during an anti-Israel demonstration over tensions in Jerusalem near the Jewish settlement of Beit El near Ramallah in the occupied West BankCredit: AFP

Israeli soldiers are dispatched in Hebron, West Bank, as Palestinians protest Israeli attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza StripCredit: Getty

Body counts and the number of wounded are growing as fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifiesCredit: Rex

At least one woman was killed after 130 rockets fired by Hamas from Gaza strip landed on Tel Aviv and neighboring Israeli citiesCredit: EPA

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas that his country's military was prepared to "inflict blows on them that they couldn't even dream of"Credit: AFP

Trump said in a : "Under Biden, the world is getting more violent and more unstable because Biden’s weakness and lack of support for Israel is leading to new attacks on our allies."

Biden's intervention came as Israel prepares to "intensify" operations after neutralizing 11 Hamas leaders, it's reported.

Forces killed the military figures in a series of airstrikes as the conflict in the region continues to escalate.

Hamas showed no signs of backing down as the militant group fired hundreds of rockets at the heavily populated cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

The incident has precipitated a who coexist together throughout the small Middle East country’s cities and towns.

Netanyahu and reminded the group and its supporters of Israel’s supreme stamina and firepower.

Embers burn and smoke billows from a collapsed building after Israeli airstrikes on Gaza CityCredit: AP

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops at in the city center of the West BankCredit: EPA

A Palestinian policeman standing before Al-Shorouq tower's rubble after an Israeli strike in Gaza City, where an estimated 65 Palestinians, including 13 children, were killed in the recent retaliatory Israeli airstrikesCredit: EPA

A mob chased down, pulled out and then brutally beat a reported Arab driver in Bat Yam after he attempted to flee in his car in what is being called an attempted "lynching"Credit: Twitter

Six people have been arrested and charged with the assault that was recorded by a witness nearbyCredit: Twitter

"We eliminated senior Hamas commanders and this is just the beginning," he said.

"We will inflict blows on them that they couldn't even dream of."

Palestinian health ministry officials claim Israeli airstrikes have killed over 70 people since Monday.

Many people, including the UN, fear the conflict will lead to an "all-out war".

Distressing footage shows a mob of Israeli's battering an "Arab" driver in the street as he was pulled from his car.

Video circulated of an Arab driver trying to escape in his white Chevrolet from a frenzied mob.

A Palestinian man cries at a hospital in Gaza CityCredit: AFP

The footage is reportedly taken from the coastal city of Bat Yam and shows the car reversing about 20 yards before slamming into a stationary car's front hood.

The driver then tries to speed forward but crashes into a line of gridlocked cars.

That’s when a crowd pulled the driver from the car and .

Six people who led the attack were caught and booked in what is being dubbed a “lynching.”

"The victim of the lynching is seriously injured but stable," Tel Aviv's Ichilov hospital said in a statement.

PM Netanyahu denounced the bloodshed of "what has been happening in the last few days in the cities of Israel is unacceptable."

He said: "Nothing justifies the lynching of Arabs by Jews and nothing justifies the lynching of Jews by Arabs."

In just over three days, this latest round of fighting between the bitter enemies has already begun to resemble and even exceed a devastating 50-day war in 2014.

And, neither side appears to have an exit strategy.