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In pictures: Deadly Israeli-Gaza attacks

Israel launched new airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, and the Islamic Hamas movement, which controls the coastal enclave, unleashed fresh rocket attacks against the Jewish state overnight and on May 11, in one of the worst escalations between the two sides in recent years.
Last Updated 12 May 2021, 10:00 IST
Israel and Hamas exchanged heavy fire on Tuesday (May 11), with at least 25 Palestinians killed in Gaza, in a dramatic escalation between the bitter foes sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Credit: AFP
Israel and Hamas exchanged heavy fire on Tuesday (May 11), with at least 25 Palestinians killed in Gaza, in a dramatic escalation between the bitter foes sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Credit: AFP
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Nine children were among those killed in the blockaded Gaza Strip that is controlled by the Islamist movement and 125 people there were wounded, local health authorities said. Credit: AFP
Nine children were among those killed in the blockaded Gaza Strip that is controlled by the Islamist movement and 125 people there were wounded, local health authorities said. Credit: AFP
More than 300 rockets have been fired by Palestinian militants towards Israel, with over 90 per cent intercepted by its Iron Dome missile defence system, army spokesman Jonathan Conricus said. At least six Israelis have been injured. Credit: AFP
More than 300 rockets have been fired by Palestinian militants towards Israel, with over 90 per cent intercepted by its Iron Dome missile defence system, army spokesman Jonathan Conricus said. At least six Israelis have been injured. Credit: AFP
Israel has responded with 130 strikes carried out by fighter jets and attack helicopters on military targets in the enclave, killing 15 commanders from Hamas, said Conricus, while the group Islamic Jihad confirmed two of its senior figures were killed. Credit: AFP
Israel has responded with 130 strikes carried out by fighter jets and attack helicopters on military targets in the enclave, killing 15 commanders from Hamas, said Conricus, while the group Islamic Jihad confirmed two of its senior figures were killed. Credit: AFP
More rockets were launched from the coastal enclave, as Hamas' armed wing the Qassam Brigades vowed to turn the southern Israeli community of Ashkelon into
More rockets were launched from the coastal enclave, as Hamas' armed wing the Qassam Brigades vowed to turn the southern Israeli community of Ashkelon into
Loud booms again rocked the town, where a rocket had ripped a gaping hole into the side of an apartment block, an AFP reporter said.Credit: AFP
Loud booms again rocked the town, where a rocket had ripped a gaping hole into the side of an apartment block, an AFP reporter said.Credit: AFP
Conricus said Israel had no confirmation its strikes had impacted Gaza civilians, or whether the casualties there were caused by Palestinian rockets misfiring. Credit: AFP
Conricus said Israel had no confirmation its strikes had impacted Gaza civilians, or whether the casualties there were caused by Palestinian rockets misfiring. Credit: AFP
Defence Minister Benny Gantz authorised an army request to mobilise 5,000 reservists if necessary. Credit: AFP
Defence Minister Benny Gantz authorised an army request to mobilise 5,000 reservists if necessary. Credit: AFP
Tensions in Jerusalem have flared into the city's worst disturbances since 2017, when Israeli riot police clashed with large crowds of Palestinian worshippers of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Credit: AFP
Tensions in Jerusalem have flared into the city's worst disturbances since 2017, when Israeli riot police clashed with large crowds of Palestinian worshippers of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Credit: AFP
Nightly unrest since then at the Al-Aqsa compound in annexed east Jerusalem has left more than 700 Palestinians wounded, drawing international calls for de-escalation and sharp rebukes from across the Muslim world. Credit: AFP
Nightly unrest since then at the Al-Aqsa compound in annexed east Jerusalem has left more than 700 Palestinians wounded, drawing international calls for de-escalation and sharp rebukes from across the Muslim world. Credit: AFP
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit condemned Israel's Gaza strikes as
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit condemned Israel's Gaza strikes as
Hamas had warned Israel to withdraw all its forces from the mosque compound and the east Jerusalem district of Sheikh Jarrah, where looming evictions of Palestinian families have fuelled angry protests. Credit: AFP
Hamas had warned Israel to withdraw all its forces from the mosque compound and the east Jerusalem district of Sheikh Jarrah, where looming evictions of Palestinian families have fuelled angry protests. Credit: AFP
Sirens wailed across Jerusalem just after the 1500 GMT deadline set by Hamas as people in the city, including lawmakers in the Knesset legislature, fled to bunkers for the first time since the 2014 Gaza conflict. Credit: AFP
Sirens wailed across Jerusalem just after the 1500 GMT deadline set by Hamas as people in the city, including lawmakers in the Knesset legislature, fled to bunkers for the first time since the 2014 Gaza conflict. Credit: AFP
Several properties in Israel have been damaged by rockets, including the apartment in the southern city of Ashkelon, and a house in Beit Nekofa, west of central Jerusalem. Credit: AFP
Several properties in Israel have been damaged by rockets, including the apartment in the southern city of Ashkelon, and a house in Beit Nekofa, west of central Jerusalem. Credit: AFP
Smoke and flames rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza. Credit: Reuters
Smoke and flames rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza. Credit: Reuters
Streaks of light are seen as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercept rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel. Credit: Reuters
Streaks of light are seen as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercept rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel. Credit: Reuters
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(Published 11 May 2021, 12:03 IST)

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