Israel bombs refugee camp in Gaza Strip

At least eight people were killed Israeli Air Force raids on the As Sati refugee camp not far from Gaza City, broadcast the Arab television network Al Jazeera.

A heavier report was given by an eyewitness quoted by the Russian news agency Sputnik, talking about 10 dead and about 30 injured.

Alongside, 34 children in the Gaza Strip and two children in Israel were killed Fighting between the Israeli armed forces and the Palestinian Authority over four days this week, Juliette Touma, UNICEF Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF) Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF) director for communications, said yesterday. .

“According to information received by UNICEF, 34 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since May 10“Ms. Touma told the Sputnik news agency, referring to a ‘huge number.’ He added that “two children were killed in Israel”.

At the same time, Israeli Air Force planes are pounding positions in the Gaza Strip and Hamas fighters are firing rockets at Israel as hostilities continue for a sixth day as Americans and Arabs retaliate.

Palestinian casualties reported that At least two people have been killed in one of several Israeli airstrikes. According to residents, Israeli Navy boats opened fire with their cannons, although it is not clear if they hit the Palestinian enclave.

The Palestinian Ministry of Religious Affairs said Israeli planes had destroyed a mosque. An Israeli military spokesman said information about the incident was still being investigated.

Air defense sirens sounded in at least two major urban centers in southern Israel. Hamas has claimed responsibility for new rocket launches.

With no indication on the horizon that hostilities will end soon, casualties rise elsewhere, with Palestinian sources reporting 11 deaths in the occupied West Bank yesterday, where incidents broke out between protesters and Israeli security forces.

At least 128 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Monday, including 31 children – UNICEF says 34 – and 20 women, while at least 950 others have been injured, according to Palestinian health officials.

Among the eight dead on the Israeli side is a soldier killed by an anti-tank missile at the border with the enclave and six civilians, including two children, according to Israeli authorities.

Ahead of a UN Security Council meeting tomorrow afternoon (Greek time) to discuss the situation, the government of US President Joe Biden sent yesterday Hady Amr, Assistant Secretary of State for Israel and Palestinian Affairs, to .

The US embassy in Israel explained that the purpose of sending the American-Lebanese diplomat is to make an effort to restore “lasting calm” in the region.

Israel is targeting underground galleries, rocket launchers and weapons manufacturing or storage facilities to stop rocket attacks.

In central and southern Israel, from small communities around the Gaza Strip to the metropolitan area of ​​Tel Aviv and Beersheba, citizens are learning to live with air sirens, and radio and television networks interrupting the normal flow of programs. their cell phone warnings to rush to shelters.

Clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have sparked unrest in mixed-Israeli, Arab and Arab cities in Israel. Synagogues have been attacked and clashes have broken out in the streets, often involving Israeli far-right groups. President Reuven Rivlin has warned of the danger of civil war.

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