In a Tweet, Tor Wennesland, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, condemned the violence.
He said: Stop the fire immediately. We re escalating towards a full-scale war. Leaders on all sides have to take the responsibility of de-escalation. The cost of war in Gaza is devastating & is being paid by ordinary people.
Stop the fire immediately. We’re escalating towards a full scale war. Leaders on all sides have to take the responsibility of deescalation. The cost of war in Gaza is devastating & is being paid by ordinary people. UN is working w/ all sides to restore calm. Stop the violence now
UN envoy to Mideast calls for calm amid Jerusalem clashes
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Published: 05.08.21 , 11:43
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland on Saturday urged all parties to act responsibly and calmly in the wake of the clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians on the Temple Mount on Friday, which left 205 people injured.
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Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel s military correspondent.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (R) meets with United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland on April 26, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland a major intermediary between Israel and terror groups in the Gaza Strip regarding the escalating violence from the Palestinian enclave, his office says.
“I expressed the urgency of the immediate cessation of violence from Gaza and reiterated Israel’s unyielding commitment to protecting its citizens and sovereignty,” Gantz says in a statement.
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A ball of fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2021. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Israel has reportedly sent a message to the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip, warning that if rocket fire from the enclave continues it will draw a major military response.
Over the past three nights, terrorists in the Strip fired some 45 rockets at southern Israel, causing damage in several Israeli communities near the border. In response, the Israel Defense Forces conducted a limited number of airstrikes on sites controlled by Hamas, which rules the enclave, and barred Palestinians from fishing off the Gaza coast.