U.S. and Arab diplomats pushing to restore calm Israel strike destroys 12-storey building in Gaza Rocket salvoes from Gaza strike Tel Aviv suburb (Adds Biden talking to Abbas, Netanyahu; Haniyeh comments)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Rami Ayyub
GAZA/JERUSALEM, May 15 (Reuters) - Israel pounded Gaza on Saturday, destroying a tower block that housed news media organisations, while Palestinian rocket salvoes hit Tel Aviv with no sign of an end to almost a week of fighting.
Palestinians say at least 145 people, including 41 children, have been killed in Gaza since the conflict erupted on Monday. Israel has reported 10 dead, including two children.
Biden calls Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas as fighting rages on in Gaza Dave Goldiner
President Biden called both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, hours after Israeli air strikes leveled a Gaza City building which housed offices for the Associated Press and other media outlets.
Biden urged Israel to use restraint and “raised concerns” about the safety of journalists, according to a White House statement.
The president did not condemn the attack on the AP offices and again stressed Israel’s right to defend itself amid a spiral of violence inside Israel and rocket attacks by Hamas from the Gaza Strip.
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