Conflict’s Second Week Begins With Heavy Israeli Strikes in Gaza

Posted on AllSides May 17th, 2021
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Middle East, Gaza Strip, Israel, Hamas

As the grinding and increasingly bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas militants moved into the second week, the violence showed no signs of abating as Israel pounded targets in Gaza overnight and Hamas continued to unleash a barrage of rockets at towns across southern Israel.

Diplomatic efforts appeared stalled as the level of destruction was quickly escalating to the kind of violence not seen since the last major conflict in 2014 — a battle that ultimately claimed 2,200 lives, rendered large areas of the Gaza Strip uninhabitable and paralyzed Israel’s...

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