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Israeli military launches MASSIVE bombardment of Hamas tunnels stretching into the country as 160 aircraft drop 450 bombs on Gaza during devastating 40 minute onslaught: Death toll climbs to 122 including dozens of children
Israel s armed forces on Friday morning said they had launched an assault on tunnels from Gaza into Israel
Around 160 Israeli aircraft flying simultaneously conducted a massive attack on a network of tunnels
In a 40-minute air campaign in the early hours, 450 missiles were dropped on 150 targets in northern Gaza
Some 500 artillery shells - some flares, some explosive - plus 50 tank shells were fired during the onslaught
Palestinian authorities said that the death toll at dawn on Friday had risen to 115, with seven Israelis also killed
Biden also called out indiscriminate rocket attacks into civilian areas
Israel called up 9,000 reservists to bolster its forces today as it deployed troops to the Gaza border in preparation for a possible ground invasion
Barrages since Monday have killed Hamas commanders, including Gaza City terror boss, top rocket designer
Hamas requested ceasefire last night on mutual basis after launching 1,600 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 83 on Thursday
Plans for a ground invasion were being drafted for the IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi later today
May 13, 2021
This week’s flare-up in the Middle East is showing how that plan never really had a chance.
What started off as hostilities between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in contested East Jerusalem has now quickly escalated to a near full blown war between Israel and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, dragging the U.S. back into the center of diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire before the situation becomes more uncontrollable.
After at least 25 high-level calls since the weekend, Biden spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and, while defending Israel’s right to respond to rocket fire from Gaza, said “my expectation and hope is that this will be closing down sooner than later.”