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Israeli-Palestinian Strife Widens as Frantic Calls for Calm Go Unheeded While Israel and Hamas signaled willingness to consider a cease-fire, worries grew about further fracturing in one of the Middle East’s most intractable struggles. Israeli ground forces at a staging area near the border with Gaza on Friday.Credit...Dan Balilty for The New York Times May 14, 2021Updated 9:00 p.m. ET CAIRO — Violence between Israelis and Palestinians expanded in new directions on Friday, with deadly clashes convulsing the occupied West Bank and anti-Israeli protests erupting along Israel’s borders wit...

Your Friday Briefing Image Israeli ground forces shell Gaza Israeli ground forces attacked the Gaza Strip early this morning in an escalation of the conflict that has so far killed 103 Palestinians and seven Israelis, according to the local authorities. Children have been among the casualties on both sides. An Israeli military spokesman initially said “there are ground troops attacking in Gaza,” but later clarified that Israeli troops had not entered the strip, suggesting the possibility of artillery fire from outside. It was not immediately clear if the attack was the prelude to a ground...

How Lies on Social Media Are Inflaming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Sheera Frenkel © Hosam Salem for The New York Times The Al Shrouq building in central Gaza, which hosts offices for media outlets and companies, was destroyed during Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday. In a 28-second video, which was posted to Twitter this week by a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to launch rocket attacks at Israelis from densely populated civilian areas. At least that is what Mr. Netanyahu’s spokesman, Ofir Gend...

Gaza Staggers Under Shortages as Israel Steps Up Attacks Last Updated May 18, 2021, 2:53 a.m. ETMay 18, 2021, 2:53 a.m. ET Gazans are down to about five hours of electricity a day and half their usual water supply. Palestinian officials say 120 people have been killed there and 900 wounded. Eight Israelis, including a soldier, have been killed, the authorities said. Follow A Palestinian electricity worker examines a building destroyed by Israeli air strikes on Thursday in Gaza City.Credit...Suhaib Salem/Reuters Before the current crisis, Gazans already lived in what one United Nations human ...

Hundreds of people have been arrested on rioting charges and the city of Lod was placed on lockdown after mobs of Jews and Arabs took to the streets looking for violence.