{"id":496049,"date":"2021-05-11T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T15:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=496049"},"modified":"2021-05-11T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T15:36:09","slug":"hamas-and-israel-exchange-fire-as-jerusalem-unrest-ignites-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-and-israel-exchange-fire-as-jerusalem-unrest-ignites-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas and Israel Exchange Fire as Jerusalem Unrest Ignites Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-and-israel-exchange-fire-as-jerusalem-unrest-ignites-gaza%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=496049&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-11T123113Z_1_LYNXMPEH4A0QM_RTROPTP_4_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-JERUSALEM-scaled-e1620746267865.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">GAZA<\/span>\/<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">JERUSALEM\u00a0<\/span>(Reuters)\u2014Palestinian militants<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0fire<\/span>d rocket barrages into<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel\u00a0<\/span>from<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza\u00a0<\/span>for a second day on Tuesday and<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i warplanes struck the enclave in a deepening conflict in which at least 26 people in<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza\u00a0<\/span>and two in<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel\u00a0<\/span>have been killed.<\/p>\n<p>The most serious outbreak of fighting between armed factions in<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Hamas\u00a0<\/span>Islamist-run<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza\u00a0<\/span>and<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel\u00a0<\/span>since 2019 was triggered by clashes between Palestinians and<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i police at Al Asqa Mosque in<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0<\/span>on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The holy city has been tense during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, with sporadic<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0unrest\u00a0<\/span>and possible evictions of Palestinians from homes claimed by Jewish settlers in a court case adding to the friction.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel\u00a0<\/span>would step up its strikes on<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza\u00a0<\/span>in the face of the surge in rocket attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the conclusion of a situational assessment, it was decided that both the strength of the attacks and the frequency of the attacks will be increased,&#8221; he said in video statement.<\/p>\n<p>The<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza\u00a0<\/span>health ministry said at least 26 Palestinians, including nine children, had been killed and 122 wounded by<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i air strikes in the enclave of two million people since<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Hamas\u00a0<\/span>on Monday<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0fire<\/span>d rockets towards<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0<\/span>for the first time since 2014.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Israel<\/span>\u2018s ambulance service said two women were killed in rocket strikes on the southern<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i city of Ashkelon.<\/p>\n<p>In Beit Hanooun town in northern<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza<\/span>, Abdel-Hamid Hamad said his nephew Hussein, 11, was killed on Monday in what residents said was an<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i air strike. He told Reuters the boy was collecting wood when he was hit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Gaza\u00a0<\/span>has had enough, and nothing makes a difference now. Our children are getting killed. What should we do?&#8221; Hamad said.<\/p>\n<p>In Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon, an<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i woman treated for injuries after her apartment was hit by a Palestinian rocket recalled moments of panic.<\/p>\n<p>An air conditioner fell on her and one of her children during the night and a bathroom door fell on her husband&#8217;s head, the woman told Channel 13 TV, which did not give her name.<\/p>\n<p>SCHOOL HIT<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Israel\u00a0<\/span>disputed the<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza\u00a0<\/span>account of casualties in the territory, saying it had killed at least 15<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Hamas\u00a0<\/span>fighters and that a third of the hundreds of rockets launched by militants had fallen short, causing Palestinian civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<p>In one<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza\u00a0<\/span>neighbourhood, an<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i missile exploded inside an apartment in a multi-story building, killing three Islamic Jihad members, a militant official said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said more than 30 people were hurt by rocket strikes in southern<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>, though the military said its air defences were intercepting about 90% of the cross-border launches.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Hamas\u00a0<\/span>said that in one five-minute barrage alone, it had<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0fire<\/span>d 137 missiles at Ashkelon and Ashdod, both lying south of Tel Aviv, where several homes were on<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0fire<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>A school in Ashkelon was hit by a rocket. Classes had been cancelled in the area and the building was empty.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Israel<\/span>i tanks massed on the<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza\u00a0<\/span>border as officials said infantry and armour reinforcements were being dispatched.<\/p>\n<p>The Arab League, some of whose members have warmed ties with<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel\u00a0<\/span>over the last year, accused it of &#8220;indiscriminate and irresponsible&#8221; attacks in<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza\u00a0<\/span>and said it was responsible for &#8220;dangerous escalation&#8221; in<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Jerusalem<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the rocket attacks from<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Gaza\u00a0<\/span>against<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel\u00a0<\/span>should stop immediately. He urged all sides to take steps to reduce tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations were trying to stem the violence, a Palestinian official said<\/p>\n<p>ARABS PROTEST IN<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0ISRAEL<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Israel\u00a0<\/span>has also seen a spread of pro-Palestinian protests, some violent, among its 21% Arab minority.<\/p>\n<p>In the ethnically mixed town of Lod, witnesses quoted by<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i media said one or two armed Jews shot at rioting Arabs, killing one and wounding two. The dead man&#8217;s father told the Walla news site he had been ambushed while on a family visit.<\/p>\n<p>The accounts could not be confirmed.<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i police said they had arrested two suspects in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, more than 300 Palestinians were injured at Al Asqa Mosque in clashes with<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i police, who<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0fire<\/span>d rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. Police said 21 officers were hurt.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Israel\u00a0<\/span>claims all of<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0<\/span>as its capital, a status not generally recognized internationally. Palestinians want East<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 captured by<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel\u00a0<\/span>in the 1967 Arab-<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Israel<\/span>i war \u2013 as the capital of a future independent state free of<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i occupation.<\/p>\n<p>They have been incensed by<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Israel<\/span>i court-ordered evictions there to make way for Jewish settlers. A hearing on the evictions was postponed on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak of hostilities led Netanyahu&#8217;s political opponents to suspend negotiations on forming a coalition of right-wing, leftist and centre-left parties to unseat him after an inconclusive March 23 election.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition leader Yair Lapid has three weeks left to establish a government. Prolonged fighting could cut into Lapid&#8217;s mandate, with a new election \u2013 and another chance for Netanyahu to retain power \u2013 likely if he fails.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Hamas\u00a0<\/span>named its rocket assault &#8220;Sword of<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Jerusalem<\/span>&#8220;, seeking to present itself as the defender of Palestinians in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Such a move undermines the claims of its chief Palestinian rival, President Mahmoud Abbas, to represent all Palestinians. Abbas&#8217;s credibility took a blow earlier this year when he first called, then cancelled Palestinian elections.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams and Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Angus MacSwan and Philippa Fletcher)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA\/JERUSALEM\u00a0(Reuters)\u2014Palestinian militants\u00a0fired rocket barrages into\u00a0Israel\u00a0from\u00a0Gaza\u00a0for a second day on Tuesday and\u00a0Israeli warplanes struck the enclave in a deepening conflict in which at least 26 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277784,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-11T123113Z_1_LYNXMPEH4A0QM_RTROPTP_4_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-JERUSALEM-scaled-e1620746267865.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hamas and Israel Exchange Fire as Jerusalem Unrest Ignites Gaza","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-05-11T123113Z_1_LYNXMPEH4A0QM_RTROPTP_4_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-JERUSALEM-scaled-e1620746267865.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hamas and Israel Exchange Fire as Jerusalem Unrest Ignites Gaza","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}