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Rockets kill 2 Israelis; 26 die in Gaza as Israel hits Hamas - CBC.ca

Rockets kill 2 Israelis; 26 die in Gaza as Israel hits Hamas - CBC.ca

Rockets kill 2 Israelis; 26 die in Gaza as Israel hits Hamas - CBC.ca
May 11, 2021 1 min, 40 secs

A confrontation between Israel and Hamas sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem escalated Tuesday as Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza while militants barraged southern Israel with hundreds of rockets.

The barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip and airstrikes into the territory continued almost non-stop throughout the day, in what appeared to be some of the most intense fighting between Israel and Hamas since their 2014 war.

Since sundown Monday, 28 Palestinians — including 10 children and a woman— were killed in Gaza, most by airstrikes, Gaza health officials said.

The Israeli military said at least 16 of the dead were militants.

Two women were killed by rockets fired from Gaza that hit their homes in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon — the first Israeli deaths in the current violence.

After those deaths, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said officials decided to "increase even more the strength of the strikes and also the rate of the strikes" against Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants in the Gaza Strip.

Even before the two Israeli deaths, the Israeli military said it was sending troop reinforcements to the Gaza border and the defence minister ordered the mobilization of 5,000 reserve soldiers.

The barrage of rockets and airstrikes was preceded by hours of clashes Monday between Palestinians and Israeli security forces, including dramatic confrontations at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a sacred site to both Jews and Muslims.

In the central Israeli town of Lod, police fired tear gas and stun grenades after mourners threw rocks at officers during the funeral of an Arab man allegedly shot to death by a Jewish resident the night before.

Conricus, the army spokesperson, said Gaza militants fired more than 500 rockets at Israel, with about one-third falling short and landing in Gaza.

A building in Ashdod was also hit, lightly wounding four, Israeli police said.

Conricus said the military hit 130 targets in Gaza, including two tunnels militants were digging under the border with Israel.

In Gaza, most of the deaths were attributed to airstrikes.

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