Thursday, 13 May 2021 03:27 PM MYT
A Palestinian man walks past the remains of a tower building which was destroyed by Israeli air strikes, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza City May 13, 2021. ― Reuters pic
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GAZA, May 13 ― Israel was preparing ground troops along the Gaza border today and Hamas launched rocket barrages at southern Israel as the fiercest hostilities in years dragged on with no end in sight.
Sirens blared in Tel Aviv overnight and the sound of rockets being shot down by Israel s Iron Dome system filled the sky, sending thousands of Israelis to shelters.
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May 13, 2021 | 5:31 pm
A picture taken with a drone shows the ruins of buildings which were destroyed in Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in the northern Gaza Strip May 13, 2021. REUTERS/MOHAMMED SALEM
GAZA/JERUSALEM Hamas launched rockets at Tel Aviv and toward Jerusalem early on Thursday and Israel vowed to keep pummelling the Islamist faction in Gaza despite a prediction by US President Joseph R. Biden that their fiercest hostilities in years might end soon.
There was no immediate word of casualties from the pre-dawn salvo, which set off sirens as far as northern Nahalal, 100 km (62 miles) from Gaza, sending thousands of Israelis to shelters.
Israel has right to self-defence: Biden I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu not too long ago, the US President Joe Biden told reporters
US President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks after the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, US, February 27, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel has a right to defend itself but after speaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he hopes violent clashes with Palestinians will end soon. I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu not too long ago, Biden told reporters. My expectation and hope is that this will be closing down sooner than later, but Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory.
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US president Joe Biden on Wednesday, 12 May, said that Israelis “had the right to defend themselves” against Hamas attacks following a phone call with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but said he hoped both sides were able to deescalate soon.
The US President, speaking for the first since clashes began on Monday, said after a phone call with the Israeli leader: “My expectation and hope is that this will be closing down sooner than later, but Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory.”
The President’s top diplomat, US secretary of state Antony Blinken, earlier said there was a “clear distinction” between Hamas rocket launches against Israel and Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, appearing to back the Jewish state in the escalating conflict.