Israeli Ground Troops Join Attack on Gaza
Voice of America
14 May 2021, 12:05 GMT+10
Israeli ground troops joined its air force in the attack on the Gaza Strip early Friday, the military said in a statement.
Israel Defense Forces had tweeted that its troops were currently attacking in the Gaza Strip. But later, citing an internal miscommunication, it clarified that the troops were firing artillery from inside the Israeli border. I said we would extract a very heavy price from Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a videotaped statement. We are doing that, and we will continue to do that with heavy force.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the international community should “give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson” over its conduct towards the Palestinians.
Erdogan made the comment during a phone call with Putin on Wednesday, Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate said, amid escalating violence in occupied East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
Hostilities flared after Hamas, which rules the besieged Gaza Strip, issued an ultimatum on Monday demanding that Israel stand down its security forces from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City after a violent crackdown against Palestinians.
Monday marked the third consecutive day that Israeli police had raided Islam’s third holiest site, firing rubber-coated steel rounds, stun grenades and tear gas at Palestinian worshippers in the final days of the holy month of Ramadan
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