Hady Amr, the U.S. deputy secretary of state for Israel and Palestinian affairs, landed in Israel on Friday, amid ongoing violence in the region.
READ MORE: Israel has added ground troops to its offensive against Palestinian militants, escalating fears that the 5-day-old conflict could tip over into all-out war.
The sides continued to exchange fire Friday, with the militant group Hamas launching rockets into Israel and Israel carrying out artillery and airstrikes against the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip.
An Israeli military spokesman said Israel has used 160 warplanes and three brigades of ground troops and their tanks in the attack.
Earlier, Israel Defense Forces had tweeted that its troops were "currently attacking in the Gaza Strip." But later, citing an internal miscommunication, it clarified that the troops were firing artillery from inside Israel.
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