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Israel destroys Gaza tunnels as Palestinian death toll eclipses 200 [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Israel destroys Gaza tunnels as Palestinian death toll eclipses 200
Israel has said it intends to press on with its attacks even as international diplomats press for a cease-fire.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
05/16/2021 08:09 PM EDT
Updated: 05/17/2021 12:33 PM EDT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes Monday on the Gaza Strip, saying it destroyed 9 miles of militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders as international diplomats worked to end the weeklong war that has killed hundreds of people.
Israel has said it intends to press on for now with its attacks against Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, and the United States signaled it would not pressure the two sides for a cease-fire.
The latest attacks destroyed the five-story building housing the Hamas-run Religious Affairs Ministry and killed a top Gaza leader of Islamic Jihad, another militant group whom the Israeli military blamed for some of the thousands of rocket attacks launched at Israel in recent days.
At least 200 Palestinians have been killed in the week of airstrikes, including 59 children and 35 women, with some 1,300 people wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Ten people in Israel, including a 5-year-old boy and a soldier, have been killed in the ongoing rocket attacks launched from civilian areas in Gaza toward civilian areas in Israel.
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Israel has said it intends to press on with its attacks even as international diplomats press for a cease-fire.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
05/16/2021 08:09 PM EDT
Updated: 05/17/2021 12:33 PM EDT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes Monday on the Gaza Strip, saying it destroyed 9 miles of militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders as international diplomats worked to end the weeklong war that has killed hundreds of people.
Israel has said it intends to press on for now with its attacks against Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, and the United States signaled it would not pressure the two sides for a cease-fire.
The latest attacks destroyed the five-story building housing the Hamas-run Religious Affairs Ministry and killed a top Gaza leader of Islamic Jihad, another militant group whom the Israeli military blamed for some of the thousands of rocket attacks launched at Israel in recent days.
At least 200 Palestinians have been killed in the week of airstrikes, including 59 children and 35 women, with some 1,300 people wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Ten people in Israel, including a 5-year-old boy and a soldier, have been killed in the ongoing rocket attacks launched from civilian areas in Gaza toward civilian areas in Israel.
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/16/israel-palestinians-gaza-netanyahu-488868
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