Death toll jumps as violence rocks Gaza, Israel and West Bank
With no sign of an end to the fighting, casualties spread further afield, with Palestinians reporting 11 killed in the occupied West Bank amid clashes between protesters and Israeli security forces
Reuters | May 15, 2021 | Updated 13:29 IST
Israeli planes renewed air strikes in Gaza early on Saturday and Hamas militants responded by firing rockets into Israel as their battle entered a fifth night and U.S. and Arab diplomats sought an end to the violence. Palestinian medics said at least four people were killed in one of several air strikes in northern Gaza. Residents said Israeli naval boats fired shells from the Mediterranean though none may have hit the strip.
Israeli man is killed by Hamas rocket in Tel Aviv as five-month-old boy is pulled ALIVE from rubble after air strike on Gaza refugee camp while US envoy arrives to broker talks and death toll tops 140
Harrowing pictures show nurses holding boy, reported to have been found next to mother s body, at hospital
Airstrike on house in Gaza City killed at least 10 Palestinians - the highest number of fatalities in a single hit
Another Israeli airstrike also destroyed a 13-floor building housing Al Jazeera television and Associated Press
US Secretary for Israel-Palestinian Affairs, Hady Amr, due to meet Israeli leaders in Jerusalem on Saturday
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel s US correspondent based in New York
Black smoke billows after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City targeted the Intaj Bank linked to Hamas on May 14, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
A diplomatic source familiar with efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas said Friday that the sides could come to an agreement within days, amid intensive efforts to halt nearly a week of deadly conflict.
The source, who spoke to The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity, said mediators had expressed cautious optimism for a halt within days of fighting between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza-based fighters led by the Hamas terror group.
Amid warnings of a full scale war, Biden administration dispatches envoy to Middle East Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY UP NEXT
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration dispatched a top State Department diplomat to the Middle East immediately to try to de-escalate the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday.
President Joe Biden faces growing pressure to help stem the violence and heightened international alarm over the spiraling death toll. The United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East, Tor Wennesland, warned on Wednesday that the situation is escalating toward full scale war.
The fighting has killed at least 53 Palestinians and seven Israelis, and Hamas and Israel continued their lethal exchange of rocket fire and airstrikes Wednesday. Fourteen Palestinian children and two Israeli children were among the dead. It s the most severe outbreak of violence since 2014, and there s no e