Children among 20 killed in rocket strikes on Gaza
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Jerusalem - Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza Monday in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants, amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
At least 20 people were killed, including nine children and a senior Hamas commander, and 65 others wounded, Gaza authorities said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas had crossed a red line by directing missiles towards Jerusalem and that the Jewish state would respond with force . We will not tolerate attacks on our territory, our capital, our citizens and our soldiers. Those who attack us will pay a heavy price, said Netanyahu, who held meetings with the heads of the army and the Shin Bet security agency.
Two senior Hamas intelligence chiefs are killed as Israeli tanks line up on Gaza border and Netanyahu warns militants will pay a very heavy price for 130 rockets fired at Tel Aviv: 36 Palestinians dead, including ten children, and five Israelis
Israel unleashed a barrage on Gaza in the early hours of Wednesday they said was the biggest since 2014
Two Hamas intelligence chiefs were killed and three military commanders had their homes destroyed
Israel s military responded after over 130 rockets were fired into their territory from Gaza
In the city of Lod, the mayor said civil war had already broken out with Orthodox Jews and Arab Israelis rioting
The Israel s army said Tuesday that it had hit 130 military targets in Gaza, killing 15 Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives in retaliatory strikes after Palestinian militant groups launched a flurry of rockets towards Israel. We have struck 130 military targets belonging mostly to Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the blockaded Gaza strip, Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus told reporters. According to our current estimates we have killed 15 Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives, he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas had crossed a red line by directing missiles towards Jerusalem and that the Jewish state would respond with force .
Watch: US State Dept spokesperson stumbles as reporters grill him on Palestine issue
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Tuesday May 11, 2021
US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price answers reporters questions during the weekly press briefing. Photo: US State Department video screengrab
Reporters, journalists grill US State Department spokesperson to condemn killing of innocent Palestinian children.
State Dept spokesperson Ned Price says Israel has right to self-defence. But the Israelis killed 13 people just now, including maybe five or six children, says one reporter.
US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price was visibly uncomfortable when he was asked to condemn the killing of defenceless Palestinian children during a press briefing on Tuesday.