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May. 23, 2021 9:28 PM
The fighting between Israel and Hamas this month saw the Israel Defense Forces attack more than 1,500 targets and Palestinian militant groups launch more than 4,300 rockets at Israel, while hundreds were killed, thousands injured and hundreds of millions of dollars of property and infrastructure was estimated damaged or destroyed.
The latest round of fighting began after Israel refused to comply with a Hamas ultimatum to withdraw its forces from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and the Temple Mount by 6 P.M. on May 10, following weeks of increasingly violent clashes between Jews and Palestinians in Jerusalem in which hundreds were wounded.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to press ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, pushing back against calls
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Determined to continue Gaza operation: Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to press ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, pushing back against calls from the United States to wind down the operation that has left hundreds dead.
Netanyahuâs tough comments marked the first public rift between the two close allies since the fighting began last week and could complicate international efforts to reach a cease-fire. His pushback also plunges the pair into a difficult early test of the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Israel continued to pound Hamas targets in Gaza with airstrikes, while Palestinian militants bombarded Israel with rocket fire throughout the day. In another sign of potential escalation, militants in Lebanon fired a rocket barrage into northern Israel.
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