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Updated: 17/05/2021
Israeli air strikes hammered the Gaza Strip Monday, after a week of violence between the Jewish state and Palestinian militants left more than 200 people dead as international calls for de-escalation went unheeded.
Overnight Sunday to Monday, Israel launched dozens of strikes in the space of a few minutes across the crowded coastal Palestinian enclave controlled by Islamist group Hamas, according to AFP journalists and the army.
Flames lit up the sky as explosions shook Gaza city.
The strikes caused widespread power cuts and damaged hundreds of buildings, local authorities said. No casualties were immediately reported.
Faisal Edhi files visa application for Palestine to help war-torn country
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Monday May 17, 2021
Son of renowned philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and Chairman of the Edhi Foundation Faisal Edhi. File photo
Faisal Edhi says he wants to do relief work in Palestine via Edhi Foundation.
Says he will arrive in Palestine via Egypt.
Humanitarian add that envoy has informed him that Palestine needs medicines.
Pakistani humanitarian Faisal Edhi has announced that he has submitted a visa request with the Palestinian embassy in Pakistan to fly to Palestine and help the country that has been under attack by the Israeli forces.
Israeli airstrikes have hammered the Gaza Strip after a week of violence that has killed more than 200 people, the large majority Palestinian, despite international calls for de-escalation.