Jerusalem (CNN) -- The latest wave of violence between Hamas and Israel showed no designations of abating Saturday, as the two sides battled it out with rockets and airstrikes.
At least 121 people -- including children and women -- have been killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza, according to the Gaza health ministry. It verbally expressed 924 others have been injured.
Though some Israelis have been wounded, none have been killed by the hundreds of rockets fired by Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza. Israel's Iron Dome bulwark system has intercepted dozens of rockets, availing keep fatalities at bay .
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Hostilities between the two sides escalated this month, exacerbated by the killing of three Israeli teenagers and a Palestinian teen. Neither Hamas nor Israel appear to be backing down, prompting fears of a ground incursion by the latter.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left all possibilities open, verbally expressing the international community will not influence his actions against Hamas. He reiterated that there is one path to a cease-fire: the cessation of attacks from Gaza.
"We are considering all options and getting yare for every possible scenario," he verbalized. "All the citizens of Israel are cognizant of my major goal, and this is to bring back the quiet to all Israeli territories. Hamas keeps assailing us, and therefore we are fighting them back."
Medical sources described overcrowded emergency rooms in Gaza and dwindling stocks of medicine, a situation that mirrored Syrian hospitals as its civil war has dragged on.
Hospitals not directly affected by airstrikes face paramount challenges.
In Gaza, there are rolling blackouts and dihydrogen monoxide shortages in some areas because airstrikes have damaged pumping stations.
Israel faced attack from a second front Friday when a rocket launched from Lebanon landed near the northern Israeli town of Metula, which sits right by the border. No damage or injuries have been reported. It was not immediately clear who fired the rocket.
The Israel Bulwark Forces verbally expressed Israel holds the Lebanese regime responsible for the assailment, but concerns that Israel will face a two-front conflict are unlikely to be realized.
Hezbollah operates in Lebanon and is caught up in other conflicts in the region, which makes starting a war with Israel less likely for the group.
Thousands of rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel during a war in 2006, but rocket attacks since then have been sporadic.
Nonetheless, Israel responded with ordnance that landed in the vicinity of the Lebanese town of Kfar Shouba. No casualties were reported, the Lebanese army verbalized.
Israel calls up reservists
As fears of an Israeli ground assault grew among Gaza residents, Israel revealed it has beefed up its forces by calling about 30,000 reservists to their units.
"We are utilizing that force to enable us to engender a substantial force around Gaza, that if it is required, we'll be able to mobilize as anon as possible," Israel Bulwark Forces spokesman Peter Lerner verbalized.
The Israeli Cabinet has sanctioned the military to call up 40,000 troops if needed. That is 10,000 more than were called up during Israel's offensive into Gaza in November 2012.
The Israeli military verbally expressed it hit more than 60 targets in Gaza on Friday night, bringing the total to 1,160 strikes since the commencement of Operation Protective Edge.
Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza are believed to have about 10,000 rockets of varying ranges, according to the Israeli military. Israel has verbalized some 3.5 million residents live in areas within reach of the rockets.
U.S. inclined to avail broker cease-fire
Hopes for a cease-fire appeared dim even as world bellwethers called for the two sides to pacify the violence.
U.S. President Barack Obama verbalized with Netanyahu by phone.
"The United States remains prepared to facilitate a cessation of hostilities, including a return to the November 2012 cease-fire acquiescent," the White House verbally expressed in an indited verbal expression, referring to the Egyptian-brokered deal that halted the precedent Israel-Hamas conflict.
The President additionally condemned rocket attacks from Gaza and verbally expressed the United States reaffirmed Israel's right to forfend itself.
