Israel-Hamas war highlights: Hamas calls for protest in East Jerusalem, West Bank

People walk next to a sign directing for Shelter after landing in Israel at the arrivals section of Ben Gurion International.

Israel-Hamas war highlights: As the war between Israel and Hamas escalated and entered its sixth day, Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant vowed to wipe Hamas “off the face of the Earth”. During a late-night televised address, Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu said every Hamas member was a “dead man.” On Wednesday, Israel, which has imposed a complete siege on Gaza, carried out air strikes across Gaza overnight as a retaliatory bombing. According to Gaza's health ministry, the attack has killed at least 900 people and wounded 4,600. Israel's embassy in Washington on Tuesday said that the death toll from the weekend Hamas attacks had surpassed 1,200.

According to Hamas, they launched the attack because “Palestinians’ suffering had become intolerable under unending Israeli military occupation and increasing settlements in Gaza”. The Hamas militants are holding an estimated 150 people taken hostage from Israel, reported AP.

Meanwhile, residents are facing an ever-growing uncertainty in the Gaza Strip as the territory's only power plant ran out of fuel and shut down on Wednesday.