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Israel-Palestine conflict: Gaza reels under Israeli strikes as violence enters second week AFP/Gaza City Photo: AFP US President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as violence continues. Israeli jets kept up a barrage of air strikes against the Palestinian enclave of Gaza on Monday evening, as a week of violence that has killed more than 200 people pushed world leaders to step up mediation. Air strikes sent dust clouds billowing into the skyline, as the Hamas group that controls the besieged and densely populated coastal strip threatened more rocket strikes on Tel Aviv if bomb...

Death toll climbs to 217 in Israel-Gaza conflict amid UN deadlock By Wednesday May 19, 2021 GAZA CITY: Heavy airstrikes 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. Calls for a ceasefire intensified, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would continue its onslaught on the coastal enclave "as long as necessary," before a UN Security Council meeting broke up after less than an hour without issuing a statement. Israeli forces and protesters meanwhile c...

Death toll climbs in Israel-Gaza conflict amid frantic diplomacy By AFP - May 19,2021 - Last updated at May 19,2021 Palestinian protesters confront Israeli forces at the Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday (AFP photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Heavy air strikes and rocket fire in the Israel-Gaza conflict claimed more lives on both sides on Tuesday as tensions flared in Palestinian "day of anger" protests in Jerusalem and the West Bank. The UN Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting amid a diplomatic push to end ...

News by Staff writers and AFP 19th May 2021 8:11 AM A "day of anger" raged the Israel-Gaza conflict overnight as more lives were lost on both sides and hundreds of bombs were dropped. Amid the chaos and the information war continuing online, the Israeli government sent out a shocking 14-part tweet that shows hundreds of rocket emojis. "Just to give you all some perspective, these are the total amount of rockets shot at Israeli civilians. Each one of these rockets is meant to kill," it said. "Make no mistake. Every rocket has a...

Palestine death toll rises to 217 amid UN deadlock World Wed, May 19, 2021 GAZA CITY: Heavy airstrikes 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. Calls for a ceasefire intensified, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would continue its onslaught on the coastal enclave "as long as necessary," before a UN Security Council meeting broke up after less than an hour without issuing a statement. Israeli forces and protesters meanwhile clashed at multiple...