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Added on the 18/05/2021 05:53:14 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Israeli air strikes hit buildings in Gaza City. Heavy exchanges of rocket fire and air strikes, and rioting in mixed Jewish-Arab towns, fuelled fears that deadly violence between Israel and Palestinians could spiral into "full-scale war". IMAGES 1st IMAGES
Israel launches air strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight Thursday after vowing to retaliate over a barrage of cross-border rockets fired from Lebanon, which it blamed on Palestinian groups. IMAGES
The Israeli army launched air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Thursday after rockets were fired from the territory into Israel about two hours earlier. Shortly after 6:00 am local time (0400 GMT), black smoke rose over one of the targeted locations north of Gaza City. In a statement sent to the press a few minutes later, the Israeli army said that it was "carrying out strikes in the Gaza Strip". IMAGES
Multiple Israeli air strikes hit sites in Gaza City belonging to Palestinian factions in response to the firing of missiles from Gaza towards Israeli territory. IMAGES
Huge clouds of smoke rises over buildings after Israeli air strikes hit Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, where heavy fighting raged between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters. IMAGES
Images taken from the Israeli side of the border show smoke rising in central Gaza following an Israeli strike. Israeli troops are fighting Hamas militants in multiple battles across the Gaza Strip, forcing new waves of Palestinian mass displacement. IMAGES