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At least 32 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza City and three residents in Israel Firefighters and security forces inspect damage at a house in Yehud, near Tel Aviv, after rockets were launched towards Israel from the Gaza Strip. Hamas said on May 12, 2021, it had fired more than 200 rockets into Israel in retaliation for strikes on a tower block in Gaza. AFP Rescuers move Israelis from their homes in Yehud, near Tel Aviv, after rockets were launched towards Israel from the Gaza Strip. AFP Sirens blared across Israeli coastal cities and people were moved as a barrage of rockets was launche...

Israel’s vaccine rollout has been the envy of the world. As of Wednesday, 57.4 percent of Israelis have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 53.3 percent had received both. In a year of pandemic-induced stagnation—of the economy and of personal lives—the swift rollout has been nothing short of life-changing. The New York Times said the country offered a vision of the future. But only a few miles away, millions of people face a dramatically different reality. In Gaza and the West Bank, Palestinians, including those living under a blockade and occupation, will likely wait...

Schools close in Gaza amid Covid-19 surge Gaza’s two million residents escaped a wide-scale coronavirus outbreak at the start of the pandemic, but cases are now rising epa09118491 A view of the closed United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school amid the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Gaza City on, 06 April 2021. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER Palestinian medics work at al-Shifa Hospital amid a spike in coronavirus cases, in Gaza City on April 7, 2021. / AFP / MAHMUD HAMS epa09118489 Palestinians girls walk next the closed United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school amid t...