Israel and the Palestinians are mired in their worst conflict in years, in which Islamists have fired rockets and Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip with air strikes and artillery.
One week since violence escalated with heavy military exchanges of fire on May 10, here is a recap:
On the evening of May 3, clashes erupt in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, sparked by a years-long bid by Jewish settlers to take over Arab homes.
On May 6, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain urge Israel to end its settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territories and expulsions from east Jerusalem.
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Palestinian man loses his entire family, in an instant: Miracle baby is sole survivor of Israeli airstrike that kills 10
4 hours ago A man carries the body of a Palestinian child from Al-Hadidi family, left, Omar Al-Hadidi lies on a hospital bed. Reuters
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The Hadidis were celebrating Eid but in an instant 10 members of the family were killed, including eight children.
The baby was found clutching his dead mother’s chest when the first responders in Gaza dug him out from underneath the rubble of a three-storey building.
In a split second 11 members of the Palestinian family, who had gathered for Eid, were buried by the giant claw of an Israeli airstrike.
Trotz verstärkter internationaler Bemühungen ist kein Ende der Gewalt im Nahen Osten in Sicht. Bei israelischen Bombardements kamen am Sonntag 40 Menschen im Gazastreifen ums Leben, teilte das dortige Gesundheitsministerium mit. Auch das Haus des Gaza-Chefs der Hamas, Yahya al-Sinwar, wurde beschossen. In Ost-Jerusalem wurden bei einem Anschlag mit einem Auto mehrere Polizisten verletzt. Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanyahu signalisierte Härte.
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