Israel s army said Sunday it had bombed the home of the political leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as the UN Security Council was to meet amid global alarm about the escalating conflict. The heaviest fighting since 2014, sparked by unrest in Jerusalem, saw both sides again trade heavy fire and has now claimed 174 lives in the crowded coastal enclave of Gaza and killed 10 people in Israel since Monday. Israel said Sunday morning its
Israel pounded Gaza with airstrikes into the early hours of Sunday, destroying a tower block that housed news media organisations, while Palestinian militants fired rocket salvoes at Tel Aviv, reports.
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May 16, 2021 Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “dismayed” by civilian casualties in Gaza and “deeply disturbed” by Israel’s strike on a building containing international media outlets, a spokesman said Saturday in response to reporters’ questions.
The comments came as Israel pummeled the Gaza Strip with air strikes, killing 10 members of an extended family and demolishing the 13-floor Gaza building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera and The Associated Press news agency, with Palestinian militants firing back barrages of rockets.
“The Secretary-General is dismayed by the increasing number of civilian casualties, including the death of ten members of the same family, including children, as a result of an Israeli airstrike last night in the al-Shati camp in Gaza, purportedly aimed at a Hamas leader,” his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said in the written response to questions on the Israeli air strikes in Gaza.
181 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombings as UN Security Council to meet
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Photo showing Israeli air strike causing an explosion in a building in Gaza. Photo: File
Some 10,000 Gazans are hiding in schools, mosques and other places during a global COVID-19 pandemic with limited access to water, food, hygiene and health services, says UN.
At least 52 children have lost their lives in Gaza, 1,225 people have been wounded and entire buildings and city blocks reduced to rubble.
US President Joe Biden again underscored Israel s right to defend itself in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
GAZA: Israeli air strikes on Gaza has claimed the lives of 26 more people, taking the death toll to 181 as the UN Security Council prepared to meet amid global alarm at the escalating attacks.