Dead children are pulled from the rubble after another night of air strikes in Gaza: Nethanyahu vows to continue rocket launches with UN Security Council set to meet today after Israel bombs Hamas leader s home
Israeli military chiefs ordered a missile strike on the home of Yehiyeh Sinwar - the top Hamas leader in Gaza
Strike took place at his home Khan Younis, in the Gaza strip, with a strike also ordered on his brother s home
Israel yesterday destroyed Jala Tower housing Al Jazeera and other world press offices , said Al Jazeera
White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that the U.S. had communicated directly to the Israelis that ensuring the safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility
Protesters take to the streets across the U.S. in support of Palestinians as news organizations demand explanation for airstrike that destroyed building housing AP and Al-Jazeera
President Joe Biden phoned Israeli PM Bejnamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to express concern about the situation in Gaza - A UN Security Council meeting will take place later on Sunday
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in cities across North America on Saturday, calling for an end to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip as the worst violence in years flared between the Jewish state and Islamist militants
An Israeli air strike Saturday flattened a 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and the US news agency the Associated Press in the Gaza Strip
Biden has yet to reverse many of Trump s pro-Israel policies he labeled destructive Deirdre Shesgreen and Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY
Biden administration facing pressure to help curb the violence between Israel and Gaza
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WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden never promised a wholesale reversal of his predecessor’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
But he blasted many of the Trump administration’s decisions as “destructive” and “short-sighted.” Yet four months into his term, Biden has left many of President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel policies in place – leading to frustration in Washington and the Middle East.
During his four years in office, Trump broke with long-standing U.S. positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – offering full-throated support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s hard-line agenda, greenlighting Jewish settlement expansion and severing diplomatic channels with
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Stephen Farrell
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli planes renewed air strikes in Gaza early on Saturday and Hamas militants responded by firing rockets into Israel as their battle entered a fifth night and U.S. and Arab diplomats sought an end to the violence.
Palestinian medics said at least two people were killed in one of several air strikes in northern Gaza. Residents said Israeli naval boats fired shells from the Mediterranean though none may have hit the strip.
The Palestinian religious affairs ministry said Israeli planes destroyed a mosque. A military spokesman said the army was checking the report.
UPDATE 1-Death toll rises as violence rocks Gaza, Israel and West Bank Reuters 4 hrs ago
(Updates casualties, adds details of Gaza City strike)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Stephen Farrell
GAZA/JERUSALEM, May 15 (Reuters) - Israeli planes renewed air strikes in Gaza early on Saturday and Hamas militants responded by firing rockets into Israel as their battle entered a fifth night and U.S. and Arab diplomats sought an end to the violence.
Palestinian medics said at least four people were killed in one of several air strikes in northern Gaza. Residents said Israeli naval boats fired shells from the Mediterranean though none may have hit the strip.