Watch: US State Dept spokesperson faces tough questions after defending Israeli air strikes
World
Tue, May 11, 2021
US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price on Tuesday faced a barrage of tough questions after he defended Israel s air strikes in Gaza that killed more than 20 Palestinians.
The air strikes, as per reports, killed nine Palestinian children as well.
Price was reacting to the recent escalation in tensions in the Middle East, during his weekly press briefing, following the killing of at least 20 Palestinians as Israel conducted air strikes.
Israel said it had conducted the strikes in response to rockets fired allegedly by Hamas and other groups in Israeli territory.
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Twenty Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza
World
Tue, May 11, 2021
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.
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