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An Israeli artillery unit fires toward targets in Gaza Strip, at the Israeli Gaza border, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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JERUSALEM, Israel – The fighting between Israel and Gaza continued Friday with no signs of stopping. Israel is amassing thousands of troops along the Gaza border ahead of a possible ground invasion into the Hamas-controlled territory.
The military called up an additional 9,000 reservists to the Gaza frontier Thursday evening, a major signal that the conflict is escalating despite efforts by Egyptian mediators to broker a ceasefire.
Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman said tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery were being prepared “for mobilization at any given moment.”
DF CMI1041 Rockets in Southern Israeli Communities HD1080 0 173
An Israeli artillery unit fires toward targets in Gaza Strip, at the Israeli Gaza border, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
6254214640001
JERUSALEM, Israel – The fighting between Israel and Gaza continued Friday with no signs of stopping. Israel is amassing thousands of troops along the Gaza border ahead of a possible ground invasion into the Hamas-controlled territory.
The military called up an additional 9,000 reservists to the Gaza frontier Thursday evening, a major signal that the conflict is escalating despite efforts by Egyptian mediators to broker a ceasefire.
Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman said tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery were being prepared “for mobilization at any given moment.”
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Australians have been warned not to import the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Down Under after a Sydney woman was arrested for allegedly burning the Israeli flag during protests - as the United Nations warns the violence in the Middle East could explode into a full-scale war.
At least 200 protestors gathered in Lakemba, Sydney s Muslim heartland, on Tuesday night for an unauthorised anti-Israel rally at the reserve on The Boulevarde.
The ugly scenes on the streets of the city s south-west saw Prime Minister Scott Morrison caution Australians not to bring the war over here. Of course we are all very concerned about what is happening there, he told Ben Fordham on 2GB.
Ethnic violence rocks Israel, as Arabs cite deep grievances
Jacob Simona stands by his burning car during confrontations between Israeli Arabs and police in the Israeli mixed city of Lod, Israel, on May 11.
(Heidi Levine / Associated Press)
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As rockets from the Gaza Strip streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below and rioters torched vehicles, a restaurant and a synagogue in one of the worst spasms of communal violence Israel has seen in years.
The mayor of the mixed town of Lod, which saw the worst of the violence Tuesday, compared it to a civil war or a Palestinian uprising. Arab experts and activists say the violence was fueled by unrest in Jerusalem that has brought Israel to the brink of another Gaza war, but is rooted in deeper grievances that go back to the founding of the state.
Barrages since Monday have killed top commanders, including intelligence chief and head of rocket-making
Hamas requested ceasefire last night on a mutual basis after launching 1,000 rockets - leaving 7 Israelis dead
But Israel has vowed to press on with its military campaign despite outcry from the international community
UN has warned of full-scale war as the number of Palestinians killed in airstrikes reached 67 on Thursday The campaign is still far from over, Israeli cabinet minister said last night. Whatever we don t do now, we will have to do in six months or a year from now . Israel will not stop and has no interest in stopping.