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The Security Council met to the discuss the ongoing hostilities that have seen 65 Palestinians, including 16 children, killed in Israeli bombings, and three persons killed in Israel by rockets launched by Hamas from Gaza.
Thursday, 13 May 2021 03:27 PM MYT
A Palestinian man walks past the remains of a tower building which was destroyed by Israeli air strikes, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza City May 13, 2021. ― Reuters pic
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GAZA, May 13 ― Israel was preparing ground troops along the Gaza border today and Hamas launched rocket barrages at southern Israel as the fiercest hostilities in years dragged on with no end in sight.
Sirens blared in Tel Aviv overnight and the sound of rockets being shot down by Israel s Iron Dome system filled the sky, sending thousands of Israelis to shelters.
Israel-Gaza Conflict Escalates To Riots, Clashes Between Jews And Arabs On Israeli Streets
JERUSALEM (dpa-AFX) - The Israel-Gaza conflict has escalated to rioting and violent clashes between Jews and Arabs on Israeli streets.
The mayor of Lod, Yair Revivo, alleged that Arab-Israeli rioters burned synagogues and vehicles, and destroyed Israeli flags.
Israeli police was accused of storming a mosque in Lod during prayers.
Militants in Gaza have fired hundreds of rockets into Israel since the fighting erupted on Monday, which resulted in seven deaths. Israel counter attacked with airstrikes that have so far killed 67 Palestinians, including top commanders of Hamas.
Israel has right to self-defence: Biden I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu not too long ago, the US President Joe Biden told reporters
US President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks after the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, US, February 27, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel has a right to defend itself but after speaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he hopes violent clashes with Palestinians will end soon. I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu not too long ago, Biden told reporters. My expectation and hope is that this will be closing down sooner than later, but Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory.