Palestinian health officials say 11 people have been killed in violence in the West Bank. The Israeli military says it has carried out airstrikes on a tunnel network in Gaza.
The escalation between Israel and Hamas: What’s new and what’s not
LOD, ISRAEL - MAY 12, 2021: Cars burned during clashes between Israeli Arabs and Jewish residents in the city of Lod; a state of emergency was declared in Lod on May 11. Andrei Shirokov/TASS.No use Russia.
The current escalation between Israel and the Gaza-based Hamas and Islamic Jihad factions was not generated in a vacuum. While the intensity of the fighting appears to have caught some veteranpractitioners of Middle East conflict and diplomacy by surprise, a trail of discernable factors led to this fraught outcome.
April witnessed repeated clashes near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, where Israeli police took measures to prevent Palestinians from congregating after evening prayers during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The restrictions, which were implemented ostensibly to preclude an outbreak of violence, had the opposite result. A clip uploaded that month to TikTok with Palestinian teenagers filming thems
Israel-Gaza violence: Israel carries out attacks on Gaza Strip live updates
After amassing troops at the Gaza border, the Israel Defense Forces have said air and ground forces have struck targets in the Gaza Strip. Follow DW for the latest.
An explosion lights up the sky following an Israeli airstrike early Friday in northern Gaza
Parts of northern Gaza have been hit by heavy airstrikes and artillery
Hamas has fired dozens of rockets towards Israel in retaliation
Israelis living near the Gaza border have rushed to bomb shelters
The IDF has said no troops are currently on the ground within the Gaza Strip
Nathan Jeffay is The Times of Israel s health and science correspondent
Residents look in shock, after a rocket directly hits a house in Ashkelon, southern Israel, early morning on August 26, 2014. (Flash90/File)
As rockets rain down, sirens blare, and families repeatedly race to shelters, millions of Israeli parents are struggling to find the right words to talk to their children about the national security crisis.
How should they explain the dash to the safe room? What is the appropriate response to kids’ fears? And what can be done with news-addicted teenagers who are working themselves into a frenzy?
Susan Raanan, a mental health professional who has been working for two decades with children in the Gaza periphery area, where she lives, answered these and other questions for The Times of Israel.