APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 19 May 2021. Zuhair Shaheen, Director General of Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip speaks during a press conference al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city.
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Deafening air strikes and rocket fire once more shook Gaza overnight and early Wednesday amid an international diplomatic push to broker a ceasefire after more than a week of bloodshed
Tensions started in Jerusalem last month and further escalated on May 10 when hundreds of Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound.
Deadly violence erupted across the West Bank amid a massive aerial bombardment in Gaza and unprecedented unrest among Arabs and Jews inside the country.
More than 200 people in the besieged Palestinian enclave were killed, including 61 children and 36 women according to the Palestinian Health Ministry
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