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Israeli-Palestinian Strife Widens as Frantic Calls for Calm Go Unheeded While Israel and Hamas signaled willingness to consider a cease-fire, worries grew about further fracturing in one of the Middle East’s most intractable struggles. Israeli ground forces at a staging area near the border with Gaza on Friday.Credit...Dan Balilty for The New York Times May 14, 2021Updated 9:00 p.m. ET CAIRO — Violence between Israelis and Palestinians expanded in new directions on Friday, with deadly clash...

Your Friday Briefing Image Israeli ground forces shell Gaza Israeli ground forces attacked the Gaza Strip early this morning in an escalation of the conflict that has so far killed 103 Palestinians and seven Israelis, according to the local authorities. Children have been among the casualties on both sides. An Israeli military spokesman initially said “there are ground troops attacking in Gaza,” but later clarified that Israeli troops had not entered the strip, suggesting the possibility of...

How Lies on Social Media Are Inflaming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Sheera Frenkel © Hosam Salem for The New York Times The Al Shrouq building in central Gaza, which hosts offices for media outlets and companies, was destroyed during Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday. In a 28-second video, which was posted to Twitter this week by a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to launch rocket attacks at Israelis...

Gaza Staggers Under Shortages as Israel Steps Up Attacks Last Updated May 18, 2021, 2:53 a.m. ETMay 18, 2021, 2:53 a.m. ET Gazans are down to about five hours of electricity a day and half their usual water supply. Palestinian officials say 120 people have been killed there and 900 wounded. Eight Israelis, including a soldier, have been killed, the authorities said. Follow A Palestinian electricity worker examines a building destroyed by Israeli air strikes on Thursday in Gaza City.Credit...Su...

Hundreds of people have been arrested on rioting charges and the city of Lod was placed on lockdown after mobs of Jews and Arabs took to the streets looking for violence.

BRUSSELS — United States and Egyptian mediators are heading to Israel to begin de-escalation talks, but the antagonists face critical political decisions before they will agree to begin discussions on ending the violence. Both Israel and Hamas first have to find ways to spin a narrative of victory for their publics, analysts say, but the task will be easier for Hamas than for Israel. Israel’s caretaker prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has to...

The Globe and Mail Published May 13, 2021 Updated May 13, 2021 Palestinian militants fired more rockets into Israel’s commercial heartland on Thursday as Israel kept up a punishing bombing campaign in Gaza and massed tanks and troops on the enclave’s border. DAN BALILTY /The New York Times News Service 1 of 12 AMIR COHEN/Reuters Hatem Moussa/The Associated Press 3 of 12 Adel Hana/The Associated Press 4 of 12 Hatem Moussa/The Associated Press 5 of 12 AMIR COHEN/Reuters MOHAMMED SALEM/Reu...

How a Palestinian Uprising Against Israeli Forced Evictions Spiraled Rapidly Toward Full-Scale War Time 2 hrs ago © Heidi Levine—Sipa USA Palestinians sit at a large table to break the fast during Ramadan as Israeli border police guard Jewish settlers, outside one of the homes they have taken over from a Palestinian family and near other homes of Palestinians facing eviction, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 7, 2021. When Muna Dajani’s grandparents moved into ...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Worlds most vaccinated nation is spooked by Covid spike 12 May, 2021 09:07 PM 7 minutes to read Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, in February. The island nation, with a population of just over 100,000, is now battling a surge of the coronavirus and has had to reimpose a lockdown. Photo / AP Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, in February. The island nation, with a population of just over 100,000, is now battling a surge of the coronavirus and has had to reimpose a lock...

Gulf News editors comment on trending local, regional and international events 1 of 4 ALLOWING APPLICATIONS IN ABU DHABI COURTS OF APPEAL IN MULTIPLS LANGUAGES A MARKER OF UAE’S PROGRESS: Introducing judicial reforms and simplifying the judicial process for the benefit of Emiratis and expatriates alike have been two of the key markers of the UAE’s march on the path of progress and unprecedented growth in terms of development and nurturing of human life and talent. In that ...