Residents demand the army establish a permanent base in the nearby Palestinian Authority city in response.

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<p>Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Saturday said it would recall its ambassador, Şakir Özkan Torunlar, from Tel Aviv for "consultations" due to Israel's refusal to agree to a ceasefire or unlimited humanitarian aid.</p>

<p>A Saturday shooting attack near the Palestinian Authority village of Khirbat al-Nabi Elias left one person lightly wounded, <em>Galei Zahal</em> reported.</p><p>The shooting targeted an IDF post in the area, the report said. A search for the perpetrators is underway.</p>

Hamas terrorists attacked IDF troops who operated to open the Salah Al-Din humanitarian route for the evacuation of residents southwards

<p>Israel's Foreign Ministry responded to Turkey's announcement that it would recall its ambassador from Israel, by saying that the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has chosen to side with Hamas.</p>

IDF: Following the initial report on the sirens sounding in the area of the Arava, a rocket launch was identified from the Gaza Strip and intercepted by the "Arrow" Aerial Defense System.The IDF statement follows rocket sirens which sounded at 5:05p.m. on Saturday in the Arava region in southern Israel.

'Turkish President has sided with Hamas,' Israel's Foreign Ministry says.