Im at the site of where one woman was killed in the barrage of rockets over the Tel Aviv. Officials say it was a direct hit. Extremely tense, I was just attacked by a crowd who said I was an Arab. Had to be escorted away by security forces. pic.twitter.com/89aLiTPooc
She said: “The Israeli military said in total around 1,000 rockets have been fired towards Israel from Gaza since this started.
“They said five Israeli civilians had been killed, and more than 200 wounded. There is still a cross-border flare-up of fire happening between the two sides - it doesn’t look like this is going to calm down anytime soon.”
The United Nations
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process has called on all sides to deescalate the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, amid reports that dozens of people were killed in air strikes and rocket attacks.
“Stop the fire immediately. We’re escalating towards a full scale war”, Tor Wennesland said in a post on Twitter.
Stop the fire immediately. We’re escalating towards a full scale war. Leaders on all sides have to take the responsibility of deescalation. The cost of war in Gaza is devastating & is being paid by ordinary people. UN is working w/ all sides to restore calm. Stop the violence now
Tensions could escalate to full-scale war, UN Middle East envoy warns
United Nations
12 May 2021, 20:21 GMT+10
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process added his voice to calls for calm in the Occupied Palestinian Territory late on Tuesday, warning that the situation is escalating towards a full-scale war , amid continuing air strikes and rocket attacks. Stop the fire immediately. We re escalating towards a full scale war , Tor Wennesland said in a post.
According the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as of 5 pm Tuesday (local time) at least 28 people, including 10 children, were reported to have been killed in Gaza in Israeli airstrikes, and two women were killed in Israel as a result of rockets fired from Gaza. Many more are said to be injured on both sides.
Israeli security forces have used repeated, unwarranted and excessive force against Palestinian protesters in occupied East Jerusalem following four days of violence in which 840 Palestinians were injured, Amnesty International said today.