Israel strikes Gaza home of Hamas leader, building housing media outlets
Israel strikes Gaza home of Hamas leader, building housing media outlets
Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, killing a family of 10 in a refugee camp.
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UPDATED: May 16, 2021 08:44 IST
The week of deadly violence, set off by a Hamas rocket Monday, came after weeks of mounting tensions and heavy-handed Israeli measures in contested Jerusalem. (AP)
Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, killing a family of 10 in a refugee camp most of them children and pulverizing a high-rise that housed The Associated Press and other media.
Fares Akram and Lee Keath
May 16, 2021 â 9.53am
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Gaza City | Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Saturday (Sunday AEST), in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, killing a family of 10 in a refugee camp â most of them children â and pulverising a high-rise that housed media outlets.
The Hamas militant group continued a stream of rocket volleys into Israel, including a late-night barrage on Tel Aviv. One man was killed when a rocket hit his home in a suburb of the seaside metropolis.
With a US envoy on the ground, calls increased for a ceasefire after five days of mayhem that have left at least 145 Palestinians dead in Gaza â including 41 children and 23 women â and eight dead on the Israeli side, all but one of them civilians, including a 5-year-old child.
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City kill at least 42 people
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A ball of fire erupts from a building housing various international media, including The Associated Press, after an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, May 15, 2021 in Gaza City. The attack came roughly an hour after the Israeli military ordered people to evacuate the building, which also housed Al-Jazeera and a number of offices and apartments. There was no immediate explanation for why the building was targeted.Mahmud Hams /Pool Photo via AP
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Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 42 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory’s militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.