After 5-year-old killed in May by shrapnel that penetrated his family's safe room in Sderot, the army chalked it up to a 'rare ballistic trajectory,' but didn't mention the other safe room three floors up that was also breached
May 21, 2021 at 10:51 am
As I write it is almost midnight on Thursday, and after a two-and-a-half hour meeting of Israel s security cabinet it has been reported that there is to be a ceasefire in the military offensive against the Gaza Strip, where I live. According to Israeli journalist Yaron Avraham on
Channel 12, the Israeli army will stop its shelling of Gaza immediately, but it will be resumed if the Palestinian resistance groups do not stop firing rockets towards the occupation state.
The Egyptian government told the Palestinian factions in Gaza that a ceasefire with Israel will start on Friday at 2am. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s office confirmed that the security cabinet had approved this unanimously. The ministers agreed to accept the Egyptian initiative for a mutual ceasefire without any conditions…
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Rockets from Gaza being intercepted by the Iron Dome over Ashkelon.Credit: Amir Cohen / Reuters
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that a Palestinian youth who was hit by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank on Tuesday has died of his wounds.
The Palestinian was wounded during clashes with the IDF in Jenin.
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10:29 A.M. IDF attacks Hamas rocket launchers and tunnel
An Israeli fighter jet attacked a Hamas rocket launcher in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.
According to the IDF, the launcher was armed with rockets that exploded following the attack.
They also announced that the air force attacked a Hamas combat tunnel in Beit Hanoun, and two underground rocket launching stations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. According to the army, the launching stations were used a few days ago to fire rockets at Tel Aviv.
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Fighting between Israel and Hamas escalated in what has become the heaviest flare-up since the 2014 Gaza War. At least 213 people were killed in the Gaza Strip, and 10 in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges in years.
On Saturday, an Israeli man was killed after a barrage of rocket fire targeted Tel Aviv and central Israel, shattering two days of calm in the region. Buildings and infrastructure have been damaged in several cities in central Israel and the IDF downed a media tower housing offices of Al Jazeera, The Associated Press, and other media outlets.
Three rounds of sirens rock central Israel after two days of quiet ■ At least 139 Gazans killed in Israeli strikes as rocket fire rages on ■ Nine dead in Israel