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LOD, Israel Israel’s prime minister declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to riots spreading across the country that led to schools, synagogues and cars being set ablaze in Jewish neighbourhoods, as the president blamed the chaos on a “bloodthirsty Arab mob.”
A curfew was imposed in the central city of Lod, and the wave of violence spread to cities including Haifa, Acre and Ramla, as Hamas fired hundreds of rockets and Israel continued to bomb the crowded coastal enclave of Gaza.
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The violence between Jews and Arabs in Israel is continuing with no end in sight.
A Jewish man was beaten with sticks and rocks by a group of Arab men in the northern city of Acre Wednesday night. He is hospitalized in Nahariya in serious condition. A Jewish man was also shot during riots in the central city of Lod and transported to Shamir Medical Center, according to the Israeli news outlet Yedioth Ahronoth.
A mob of Jewish men attacked a motorcyclist identified as Arab in Bat Yam south of Tel Aviv Wednesday night, captured on video shared by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan. They also attacked Arab-owned businesses in the area.
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May. 13, 2021 8:57 PM
Hamas demonstration of its abilities in recent days, culminating in the massive rocket barrages into central Israel, forced the military to bolster its efforts in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Alongside the preparations for the next phase, the army has been striving to cast a positive light on everything that has happened so far.
The government and military have been wildly praising their own accomplishments, particularly the assassination of leaders of Hamas military wing. The hope is to somehow compete with the enemy s accomplishments. But this seems a hard sell – Israelis aren t fully convinced, one of the reasons that the flare-up might continue.