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Published Civil war has broken out in Lod.
That is how Mayor Yair Revivo described the situation after violence exploded in the mixed Arab-Jewish Israeli town, lying 15km (9 miles) south-east of Tel Aviv.
Protests by Israeli Arabs in the town turned into full-scale riots on Tuesday night. Demonstrators clashed with police and set cars and buildings ablaze, the day after a funeral for a man allegedly shot dead by Jewish residents. This is a complete loss of control, Mr Revivo told Israel s Channel 12 News. Synagogues are being burned. Hundreds of cars set alight. The situation is incendiary.
The mayor of the Israeli city of Lod, a mixed Arab/Jewish city southeast of Tel Aviv, just said on live TV “We have completely lost control of the city, and the streets are witnessing a civil war between Arabs and Jews.
Fears Of Full-scale War Amid Deadly Israel-Palestinian Clashes By Ben Simon with Mai Yaghi in Gaza City
05/12/21 AT 12:01 PM
Heavy exchanges of rocket fire and air strikes, and rioting in mixed Jewish-Arab towns, fuelled fears Wednesday that deadly violence between Israel and Palestinians could spiral into full-scale war .
Israel s Defence Minister Benny Gantz vowed more attacks on Hamas and other Islamist militant groups in Gaza to bring total, long-term quiet before considering a ceasefire. Israeli seurity forces advance amid clashes with Palestinian protesters at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem Photo: AFP / Ahmad GHARABLI This is just the beginning, warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We ll deliver them blows they haven t dreamt of.
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Tel Aviv targeted by hundreds of rockets fired by Hamas from Gaza overnight
Residents were sent fleeing to bomb shelters as sirens sounded across the city
Video reveals a group of people singing in one shelter to keep their spirits up
The singer is Shuli Rand, a Jewish actor and musician, and the lyrics in the video translate as: Please save me and please keep me from harm