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TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Israeli helicopters are carrying out strikes against the territory of Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday.

Earlier in the day, the IDF said that it eliminated several armed suspects who infiltrated Israel from the territory of Lebanon.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Officials in the US administration expect Israel to launch a large-scale ground operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip within the next 24 to 48 hours amid the ongoing escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, The Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Foreign countries on Monday, using diplomatic and military channels, continue evacuating their citizens from Israel or have announced such plans amid the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The Romanian Foreign Ministry said 591 Romanian nationals and citizens of other countries had already been evacuated from Israel on planes.

Hungary is evacuating another 110 citizens from Israel by military aircraft, the total number of people evacuated will be 325, which are all Hungarians who expressed their intention to leave the conflict-affected country, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

The Polish Defense Ministry said it managed to return around 250 Polish citizens to the homeland by two Hercules aircraft.

Bulgarian media reported that the government already took 179 citizens to Sofia, and it is planned to conduct two more flights to Tel Aviv to evacuate those remaining in Israel later in the day.

A group of 124 Serbian nationals was delivered to Serbia from Israel early on Monday, Serbian media reported.

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have mobilized 300,000 reservists since the escalation of the conflict with the Gaza Strip, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Monday.

BEIJING (Sputnik) - China opposes any expansion of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and hopes for an early ceasefire and restoration of peace, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday.

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - The Israeli armed forces are conducting an operation in Sderot in the country's south to clear the city of armed individuals, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The number of Israeli residents hospitalized as a result of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has increased to 2,382, The Times of Israel newspaper reported on Monday, citing the latest data by the Health Ministry.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has increased to 436, including 91 children, while some 2,300 were injured the Palestinian exclave's Health Ministry said on Monday.

Previous reports indicated that 413 people were killed in the attacks.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - More than 123,000 Palestinians have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalates, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Sunday.

Israel was hit by an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning. The Israeli army said Hamas fired more than 3,000 rockets, adding that dozens of Hamas troops infiltrated border areas in southern Israel. The Israeli military has since sent troops to the southern territories to reconquer them from the Palestinian forces and has started conducting strikes at Hamas' positions in Gaza. The Israeli government announced on Sunday that it had invoked Article 40 of the Basic Law, which means the country officially entered a state of war.

CAIRO (Sputnik) - Armed wing of the Hamas movement, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said that it launched rocket attacks on the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv and the city of Ashkelon, located in the southern part of Israel.