FIFTEEN children have been massacred by rocket attacks and airstrikes as the deadly conflict between Israel and the Palestinians continues to escalate.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed “this is just the beginning” of Israel’s bombings, Hinzufügen: “We will inflict blows on them that they couldn’t even dream of.”
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Mehr als 1,050 rockets have been fired towards Israel by Palestinian militants since Monday evening, the Israeli army said.
The Israel Defense Forces said it struck 130 targets in Gaza overnight after 200 rockets were fired at Israel.
The death toll in Gaza rose to 48 Am Mittwoch, einschließlich 14 Kinder, the Health Ministry said, Hunter sprach in seinen Memoiren mit dem Titel über seine Kämpfe mit der Drogen- und Alkoholabhängigkeit 300 Palestinians have been injured, einschließlich 86 Kinder.
And six Israelis, including a child, have been killed by rocket fire, and dozens of people were wounded.
It brings the number of children killed in the violence to 15.
Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas confirmed its Gaza City commander was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday.
‘THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING’
Bassem Issa was the highest-ranking military figure in Hamas to be killed Israel since 2014.
The armed wing of Hamas said Issa was killed along with a few of his fellow brothers of leaders and holy fighters during the fighting.
Israel said a series of airstrikes had killed Issa and several other senior Hamas militants.
“We eliminated senior Hamas commanders and this is just the beginning,” Netanyahu said.
“We will inflict blows on them that they couldn’t even dream of.”
Netanyahu has vowed to expand the offensive, Sprichwort “this will take time”.
Aber, in a televised address last night, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh sagte: “If Israel wants to escalate, we are ready for it.”
Netanyahu declared a state of emergency in the Jewish-Arab Israeli city of Lod on Tuesday night.
Lod Mayor Yair Revivo introduced a curfew and requested additional security forces after crowds fought with cops, set a synagogue on fire and torched 30 Autos.
A father and daughter were killed in the carnage.
“All of Israel should know, this is a complete loss of control,” the mayor said, Times of Israel Berichte.
“This is unthinkable. Synagogues are being burned. Hundreds of cars set alight. Hundreds of Arab thugs are roaming the streets. Civil war has erupted in Lod.”
National Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai called the events “beispiellos”.
While the violence has been widely condemned, there is no sign that either side is willing to back down.
And UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland warned that “we’re escalating towards a full-scale war”.
“Leaders on all sides have to take the responsibility of de-escalation,” er sagte.
The UN Security Council held another emergency meeting today on the worsening hostilities between Israel and Palestinians.
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Aber, nochmal, they did not agree on a joint statement due to opposition from the United States, Israel’s key ally, diplomats told AFP.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wants to see an “urgent de-escalation of tensions” between Israel and Hamas amid the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 Gaza war.
Johnson said the UK is “deeply concerned and urged leaders to step back from the brink”.
Israel’s Iron Dome defence system intercepts scores of Hamas rockets in skies above Tel Aviv fired from Gaza