At least 43 killed in Gaza as Israel carries out hundreds of airstrikes
Hamas says it fired 210 rockets towards Beersheba and Tel Aviv in response to the bombing of tower buildings in Gaza
Reuters
May 12, 2021
Smoke and flames rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza May 12, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
GAZA/JERUSALEM:
Israel carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday and Palestinian fighters fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and the southern city of Beersheba in the region’s most intense hostilities in years.
At least 43 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to the enclave s health ministry. Six people have been killed in Israel, medical officials said.
At least 49 killed in Gaza as Israel carries out hundreds of airstrikes
Hamas says it fired 210 rockets towards Beersheba and Tel Aviv in response to the bombing of tower buildings in Gaza
Reuters
May 12, 2021
Smoke and flames rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza May 12, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
GAZA/JERUSALEM:
Israel carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday and Palestinian fighters fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and the southern city of Beersheba in the region’s most intense hostilities in years.
At least 49 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to the enclave s health ministry. Six people have been killed in Israel, medical officials said.
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 20, Including Nine Children, in Gaza
Tensions in Jerusalem have surged over recent days with many Palestinians outraged at Israeli attempts to carry out evictions of several families from the Shaikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
Flames and smoke rise during Israeli air strikes in the southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
World11/May/2021
Violence continued in Jerusalem on Monday following days of protests against Israeli attempts to evict Palestinians living in the Shaikh Jarrah neighbourhood in the Israeli-annexed eastern part of the city.
The morning was marked by Israeli police storming the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, and firing stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets after police reported that Palestinian protesters had been throwing stones onto a nearby roadway.