Death toll climbs in Israel-Gaza conflict amid UN deadlock
Published May 19, 2021, 6:32 AM Heavy air strikes and rocket fire in the Israel-Gaza conflict claimed more lives on both sides Tuesday as tensions flared in Palestinian “day of anger” protests in Jerusalem and the West Bank. The father of 12-year-old Rahaf al-Dayer holds her covered body at al-Shifa hospital, after she was killed in an Israeli airstrike that destroyed the upper floors of a commercial building and caused damage to the nearby health ministry and prime health care clinic, in Gaza City, on May 17, 2021. ANAS BABA / AFP Calls for a ceasefire intensified, but Prime Minister Be...