A solidarity march in the West Bank left at least two Palestinians dead as 10,000 people protested against the military campaign of Israel in Gaza.

The protesters attempted to march from Ramallah to East Jerusalem, but Israeli forces blocked them and 200 got hurt in the riot dispersal. Violence erupted between the two parties when the protesters threw rocks at the Israeli troops and barricaded a street with burning tires, BBC News detailed.

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The death toll in the Israel-Gaza violence continues to go up. Since Israel began its military offensive on July 8, more than 800 Palestinians and 33 Israelis died in the fighting.

On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his regret for each Palestinian death, but said Hamas was responsible for them. In the evening of the same day, Israeli police prohibited males below the age of 50 from entering the al-Aqsa mosque and this triggered another round of protests in Jerusalem. They arrested 20 protesters who threw rocks at them. 

The Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spurred on the West Bank protest. Palestinian leaders announced Friday, among the last days of Ramadan, as a day of anger.

The West Bank protest is the biggest of its kind since the Palestinian protest movement, the Second Intifada, occurred from 2000 to 2005, Israeli media said.

Meanwhile, 13 people died and over 200 were hurt when a United Nations (UN)-run school that doubled as a shelter went up in flames in Gaza on Thursday. This was the fourth time that Israel's attack against the Hamas group hit a UN facility.

In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it is currently fighting "Hamas terrorists" in the Beit Hanoun area where the militants are using civilian establishments and international infrastructures as "human shields." The IDF added that Hamas launched several rockets in the Gaza Strip and some of them hit Beit Hanoun.

Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal, who is currently exiled in Qatar, said he wants to enter a ceasefire deal. In addition, he wants Israel to end its blockade because it is turning Gaza into a "prison" where the residents cannot cross the border to go to work or seek medical treatment.

U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon said the killing must stop right away. Based on U.N. data, over 118,000 people sought shelter in U.N. schools and their food supply is now running low.

According to the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA), the Israeli army designated a 3-kilometer (1.9-mile) strip as a no-go zone. This area makes up 44 percent of Gaza.

Israel and Gaza will most likely not enter a ceasefire deal in the next few days because the IDF needs more time to destroy the underground tunnel network of Hamas, Israel's Science Minister Yaakov Peri said.

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