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I’m sitting in my TV den. The television’s playing in the background. It’s been doing so continuously for the past 48 hours. One panel of experts after another. It’s way beyond the point of being interesting or intellectually stimulating. Air raid sirens occasionally break the monotony as Phyllis and I take refuge under the concrete staircase in our basement.
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 5:22 am
May 14, 2021
Geneva – The Israeli forces last
night destroyed full residential areas in the northern Gaza
Strip, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said. The
international community must intervene and ensure that
Israel obliges to stop its attack, which challenges the
rules of international humanitarian law.
The Israeli
Air Force, early on Friday, launched about 450 missiles on
the Gaza Strip. Most of these missiles were concentrated in
the northern area of the strip in densely populated areas.
The attack killed several civilians and wounded dozens of
others, while dozens of homes, streets and civilian
institutions were destroyed.
Last night’s attack was