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Heavy artillery fire on Gaza escalates violence as clashes between Arabs and Jews rock Israeli cities
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Gaza came under heavy artillery fire early Friday morning, amid reports later conclusively denied that the Israeli army had launched a possible ground invasion of the Strip.
An army tweet, which said simply “IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip” which coincided with the start of a sustained new round of artillery and airstrikes led many news organizations to report that a ground war, much-discussed in Israeli media on Thursday, was underway.
A clarification came about an hour or so later. “There are currently no IDF ground troops inside the Gaza Strip,” army spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus told CNN early Friday local time.
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Israel warns of more targets as clashes between Arabs and Jews rock Israeli cities
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Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman and Amir Tal, CNN
Published May 14, 2021 5:00:55 AM
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(CNN) Israel s defense minister has warned that Israel has many, many more targets and no time limit on its military operations against Gaza, as the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continue to exchange deadly airstrikes and rocket bombardments.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Hidai Zilberman said Israel was considering a ground incursion into Gaza, but stressed that any decision would take days.
Three Israeli brigades are currently deployed around Gaza. When asked by Israel Channel 12 News whether the troop movements were paving the way for a ground invasion, Zilberman responded: We are amassing forces on the border, getting them prepared. Soldiers are learning the terrain. Getting ready. We will activate them when we decide
Communal violence erupts in Israeli cities following days of air strikes and rocket attacks
As the Israeli military and Palestinian militants in Gaza exchange deadly airstrikes and rocket bombardments, rioting and violent clashes have also swept through several Israeli cities between Arab and Jewish citizens.
In Acre, a lynching attempt by an Arab mob left a Jewish man critically wounded, according to Israeli media reports. In Bat Yam, graphic video showed a Jewish right-wing mob trying to lynch an Arab driver. He was wounded and taken to hospital, according to Israeli media reports.
“We are very, very worried about this deterioration,” Israeli lawmaker Aida Touma-Suleiman in Acre told CNN’s Hala Gorani in a live interview on late Wednesday evening local time.