APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 19 May 2021. Head of the government media office, Salama Maarouf speaks during a press conference, at 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.
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people in the besieged Palestinian enclave were killed, including 63 children and 36 women according to the Palestinian Health Ministry
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