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The Israeli government and Hamas militants in Gaza vowed to keep fighting after US President Joe Biden urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek a de-escalation on Wednesday on the path to a ceasefire in the 10-day conflict.
An Egyptian security source said the two sides had agreed in principle to a ceasefire after help from mediators, although details were still being negotiated in secret amid public denials of a deal to prevent it from collapsing.
Palestinian health officials said that since fighting began on 10 May, 228 people had been killed in aerial bombardments that have worsened an already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
The Norwegian Refugee Council says it was helping 11 of the more than 60 children reported killed in Israeli air strikes cope with trauma from previous flares of violence.
Published May 19, 2021, 6:32 AM
Heavy air strikes and rocket fire in the Israel-Gaza conflict claimed more lives on both sides Tuesday as tensions flared in Palestinian “day of anger” protests in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
The father of 12-year-old Rahaf al-Dayer holds her covered body at al-Shifa hospital, after she was killed in an Israeli airstrike that destroyed the upper floors of a commercial building and caused damage to the nearby health ministry and prime health care clinic, in Gaza City, on May 17, 2021.
ANAS BABA / AFP Calls for a ceasefire intensified, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would continue its onslaught on the coastal enclave “as long as necessary,” before a UN Security Council meeting broke up after less than an hour without issuing a statement.