UN Security Council to meet after Gaza destruction, rocket fire into Israel AFP
Updated May 16, 2021, 10:08 am IST
Israeli forces pummeled the densely populated Gaza Strip on Saturday
Israeli forces flares light up the sky in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 16, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
Gaza City: The UN Security Council was due to meet Sunday after Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed eight children and demolished a building housing media offices, sparking international outcry.
Israeli forces pummeled the densely populated Gaza Strip on Saturday, the sixth day of bombardments on the Palestinian enclave controlled by Islamist group Hamas, which fired back rocket barrages.
Israel said Sunday morning its "continuing wave of strikes" had in the past 24 hours struck over 90 targets across Gaza, where the destruction of a building housing news media organisations.
The Gaza Health Ministry says the death toll from Israeli strikes on a main thoroughfare in Gaza City has climbed to 33, including 12 women and eight children.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply disturbed by the Israeli airstrike Saturday that destroyed a 12-storey Gaza City building, his spokesman has said. Spokesman Stephane Dujarrics comments came in response to reporters questions as Israel unleashed airstrikes on the Gaza ..
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1of30Palestinian rescuers pull a survivor from under the rubble of a destroyed residential building following deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday, May 16, 2021. The airstrikes flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory s militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.Khalil Hamra/APShow MoreShow Less
2of30Workers clear the rubble of a building that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, that housed The Associated Press, broadcaster Al-Jazeera and other media outlets, in Gaza City, Sunday, May 16, 2021.Adel Hana/APShow MoreShow Less