Meanwhile Palestinian leaders are condemning Israel’s attack on the northern Gaza Strip that killed seven Palestinians on Monday. Hamas leader and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh denounced Israel for launching the raid at the beginning of Eid, the holiday that marks the end of the Ramadan.

• Ismail Haniyeh: “These threats to invade comes as part of the overall escalation and the war which the Palestinian people are enduring but here I assure you that the Palestinian people will not be frightened by these threats and the people of Gaza Strip are steadfast against the occupation and in the face of the rising Israeli escalation.”

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas described Israel’s killings on Monday as a “criminal massacre.”