KONFLIKT
Israel verstärkt Angriffe auf Gaza
May 14, 2021 -
Israelische Bodentruppen bombardieren den Gaza Streifen mit Artillerie, so wird der Konflikt, der bereits zu israelischen Luftangriffen und zu Raketenangriffen der Palästinenser sowie zu Gewalttätigkeiten zwischen der Bevölkerung geführt hat, noch weiter intensiviert.
Israel has massed troops along the border and called up 9,000 reservists as fighting intensifies with the Islamic militant group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian militants have fired some 1,800 rockets, and the Israeli military has launched more than 600 airstrikes, toppling at least three high-rise apartment buildings, and has shelled some areas with tanks stationed near the frontier.
As Israel and Hamas plunged closer to all-out war despite international efforts at a cease-fire, communal violence in Israel erupted for a fourth night. Jewish and Arab mobs clashed in the flashpoint town of Lod, even after Israel dispatched additional security forces.
- Palestinians flee as Israeli artillery pounds northern Gaza (AP)
- Israeli air and ground forces hit targets in Gaza Strip as death toll climbs (The Guardian)
- Israel pounds Gaza to curb Palestinian militants but rockets still fly (Reuters)
- Israel intensifies attacks in Gaza as conflict enters fifth day (BBC)