Night of fights between Israel e Hamas a Gaza. From the Strip, according to the military spokesman, they were launched yesterday over 250 rockets towards the Jewish state, dozens of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system. The launches continued this morning as well, with an attack on Ashkelon. There Israeli air force hit 130 military targets in Gaza. According to the Times of Israel, the hit points include the home of a high-ranking Hamas commander, Hamas intelligence headquarters, two tunnels approaching the security fence, and some rocket production and storage sites. . Incidents between Palestinian demonstrators and the Israeli police have occurred a Gerusalemme is. Protests also in Arab places in Israel. The escalation of violence was triggered by the evictions in the Sheikh Jarrah district, which for days has been the cause of demonstrations and clashes on the Esplanade of the Mosques.
The battle of Jerusalem: Hamas rockets on the city
by Sharon Nizza
Victims and wounded, the toll increasingly heavy
Palestinian sources report that at least 20 have been killed and dozens of injured. According to the AP news agency, the death toll was 24, including nine children, most of them affected by Israeli attacks. They are joined by the more than 700 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem and the West Bank. As for Israel, the military reported six civilians injured by a rocket launch Tuesday morning in Ashkelon, which hit an apartment building. The military also said that they only found 15 members of Palestinian armed groups shot to death during the night.
Jerusalem, in the Sheikh Jarrah trench. The neighborhood of the disputed houses where the fuse was reignited
by Sharon Nizza
Israeli army sources: “The operation will last several days”
The fighting that began yesterday between Hamas and Israel was called in by the Israeli army “Operation Guardian of the Walls “. This was reported by local media, according to which military leaders assume it will continue for several days. In Gaza, Palestinian militias have set up a common room of operations. In their media the rocket launches towards Israel are called “Operation Sword of Jerusalem“In a video released on the web, the Hamas military wing said:” Jerusalem called, Gaza answered. “
US Secretary of State Blinken: “The clashes stop immediately”
“We are very focused on the situation in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, very worried about the missile attacks we are seeing. They must stop now, they must be stopped immediately. We are also obviously concerned about the violence, the provocative actions in and around Mt. of the Temple. That violence must stop. All parties need to reduce tensions, take practical steps to calm things down. It is imperative that all parties take steps to ease the tension and calm the situation. “The US Secretary of State said. Antony Blink, at the end of a meeting with the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi. “I am deeply concerned about the missile attacks. And even if all parties take steps to reduce the escalation, Israel obviously has the right to defend its people and territory from these attacks,” he added.
Ian Bremmer: “Biden does not intend to reopen the Abrahamic agreements”
by our correspondent Anna Lombardi
The UN is silent for now: no joint statement
The Security Council of United Nations met urgently on the clashes in Jerusalem, but did not reach an agreement for a common statement. The US judged that a “public message it was not appropriate at this stage “, diplomatic sources report.” The United States is constructively committed to ensuring that every action of the Security Council contributes to easing tensions “, a spokesman for the American mission at the UN said in the course of the afternoon. The meeting was held at the request of Tunisia, Norway e China who presented a draft declaration calling for “Israel to stop the settlement, demolition and expulsion” of Palestinians, “even in East Jerusalem”. In this draft document, obtained by the AFP news agency, the Council expresses “its grave concern at the growing tensions and violence in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem”. The “importance” for all parties “of refraining from adopting unilateral measures that exacerbate tensions and undermine the feasibility of the two-state solution” is emphasized. And they are asked to “show restraint, to refrain from any provocation and rhetoric, and to maintain and respect the historical status quo in the holy places”.
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