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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he is not planning any “immediate” end to deadly airstrikes Sunday on Gaza, hours after his military’s jet fighters flattened three buildings and killed at least 42 people.
Since the fighting began Monday, more than 192 Palestinians have been killed, including at least 58 children and 22 women, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. At least 10 Israelis have been killed in the rocket attacks, including a six-year-old.
In a televised address, Netanyahu told the Jewish state that the attacks were continuing at “full force” and will “take time.”
“I hope it won’t take long,” Netanyahu told CBS’s “Face the Nation” show in the United States. But he said the end of the attacks was “not immediate” despite international efforts to broker a case-fire in the week-long exchange of missile fire between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
(Adds that Blinken spoke with Egypt s foreign minister)
CAIRO, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the violence in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza in phone calls with the Qatari and Egyptian foreign ministers, the State Department said on Sunday.
Blinken and Qatar s Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani discussed efforts to restore calm in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza in light of the tragic loss of civilian life , the State Department said.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the two officials discussed the recent Israeli attacks on worshippers at the Al Aqsa Compound and the attack on the besieged Gaza Strip, adding that Al-Thani stressed the need for urgent action by the international community to stop the repeated brutal Israeli attacks against civilians in Gaza and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict: US ready To Offer Help If Both Parties seek A Ceasefire
The US on May 16 told the UNSC that it has relayed it to Israel, Palestinians, others that it is ready to offer its help if the parties involved seek a ceasefir
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The United States on May 16 told the United Nations Security Council that it has relayed it to Israel, Palestinians, and others that it is ready to offer its help if the parties involved seek a ceasefire. On Sunday, the United Nations Security Council convened for its first open session to discuss the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict that began with Palestinian militants, Hamas attacking Israel with rockets and triggering strong retaliation. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the 15-member council said that the US has been “working tirelessly” through the diplomatic challenge to end the crisis.
RABAT, Morocco â Moroccans have taken to the streets in the capital and other cities to protest Israeli air raids on Gaza during clashes with the Hamas extremist group that rules the Palestinian territory.
Sizeable demonstrations were held Sunday across the North African kingdom, including in Casablanca, the countryâs largest city, where thousands waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans denouncing Israelâs military actions. Protesters also gathered outside the Parliament building in Rabat.
In December, Morocco announced it had resumed relations with Israel as part of a U.S. brokered deal. As part of the agreement, the United States agreed to recognize Moroccoâs claim over the disputed Western Sahara region.
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