( gunfire ) the taliban cracked down on mounting demonstrations, finally banning them until further notice. for all their talk of tolerance, the taliban have already banned music, and banned women from playing sports. as for promises of inclusivity, not a single woman holds a cabinet position in the new caretaker government. it is, however, packed with the more hard-line elements of taliban leadership, including the leader of the haqqani network, who has a $10 million f.b.i. bounty on his head. a wanted terrorist, now in charge of afghanistan s internal security services. as the flight from kabul landed safely in doha this evening, there are still questions about the u.s. citizens and afghan visa holders who still remain, desperate to get away. unfortunately, i had to leave my mother, sisters, brothers in kabul.
Israel pounds tunnel network in Gaza as Hamas keeps up rocket fire
IDF says the strikes also targeted head of Hamas military wing, who escaped 7 assassination attempts in the past, but they were unsuccessful; meanwhile, ceasefire talks stalled over Hamas demands to condition end of fighting on Jerusalem situation
Yoav Zitun |
Published: 05.19.21 , 08:30
Israel heavily bombarded the network of underground attack tunnels in Gaza and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire on Wednesday, with no firm sign of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end more than a week of fighting.
Israeli leaders said they were pressing on with an offensive against Hamas and Islamic Jihad, but an Israeli military spokesman acknowledged that with an estimated 12,000 missiles and mortars in the groups Gaza arsenal, they still have enough rockets to fire .
Military says one rocket intercepted by Iron Dome, two fell at sea and another crashed in an open field, opens fire on several targets in southern Lebanon in retaliation; no injuries reported
Rocket fire at southern Israel persists as IDF continues targeting Gaza terrorists
Man moderately wounded in direct hit on Sderot home; IDF says over 200 rockets fired at Israeli civilians in 12 hours, about 30 fall short within Gaza, air defenses preserve 90% success rate
Ynet reporters |
Published: 05.19.21 , 20:37
Rocket sirens continued to wail throughout Gaza border communities on Wednesday evening as the IDF continued to strike terrorist targets across the Gaza Strip.
Five rockets landed in the southern city of Sderot, with one of them crashing on a private home. A man was lightly to moderately wounded from the explosion s blowback. Several others suffered from shock.
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