A ceasefire has been agreed after 11 days of bombing in Gaza which has killed more than 240 people. Pic: PA ISRAEL has agreed a ceasefire with Palestinian militant group Hamas after 11 days of bombing in Gaza which has killed more than 240 people including children. The Israeli Government s security cabinet has approved an end to the campaign, which has seen rockets fired between Gaza and Israel, and the destruction of civilian buildings in Palestine including a press centre home to the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has welcomed Israel’s announcement of a ceasefire, and has called for leaders in the region to “find a durable solution” that “prevents terrorism, ends the cycle of violence and delivers a sustainable and just peace”.
Israel s Severe Airstrikes, Siege Wreck Gaza Health Care as COVID Third Wave Looms
On 5/21/21 at 9:30 AM EDT
Gaza s threadbare health care system was already withering under the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic, treating long-term injuries from past Israeli military action, and a siege that limited medical supplies before the latest bombardment.
Now, after the most recent airstrikes in this new round of fighting between the Israeli government and the Hamas militant group that controls the Palestinian Gaza Strip, a third wave of COVID-19 is creeping up on its overwhelmed, exhausted medical workers.
In eleven days of airstrikes and rocket fire, 244 are dead including 12 Israelis and 232 Palestinians and hundreds more wounded, the vast majority in Gaza, which has a densely packed population of two million. At least 65 children are among the dead, 63 of them in Gaza.
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After 11 days of fighting, Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire, negotiated by Egypt, that started early Friday, 2 AM Jerusalem time. US President Joe Biden “commended” Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for ending hostilities.
Gaza death reached at least 232, including 65 children, and 1,760 injured due to ongoing Israeli airstrikes; 50,000 families have been displaced, 24 health facilities suffered partial or complete damage, Gaza Ministry of Health reports.
Israel attacks worshipers at the al-Aqsa mosque compound, again
BREAKING | Israeli occupation forces raid the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied #Jerusalem and fire stun grenades and teargas at worshipers. pic.twitter.com/gOd3x4MaNh Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 21, 2021
China to Send $1 Million In Cash to Gaza After Ceasefire With Israel
On 5/21/21 at 10:39 AM EDT
China is prepared to send more than $2 million to Gaza to help a relief effort for the Palestinian people in the wake of two weeks of violence between Hamas and Israel.
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire on Thursday after the area saw its worst violence in years. Hundreds of people, mostly Palestinians, were killed in the conflict that drew in the global community and China, as the head of the United Nations Security Council, joined the chorus of countries calling for Israeli restraint.