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Israel-Palestine conflict highlights: EU vows to boost efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian fighting

World concern deepened with an Israeli air strike in Gaza that destroyed several homes on Sunday and which Palestinian health officials said killed 42 people, including 10 children, and persistent rocket attacks on Israeli towns. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for sanctions against Israel, while a Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Stay tuned for live updates.
Last Updated 17 May 2021, 19:32 IST
17:2217 May 2021

'Biden administration approved $735 million arms sale to Israel'

President Joe Biden's administration approved the potential sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel, and congressional sources said on Monday that US lawmakers were not expected to object to the deal despite violence between Israel and Palestinian militants.

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17:1417 May 2021
16:5017 May 2021

Sudan's Burhan defends normalisation of ties with Israel

The head of Sudan's civilian-military ruling council defended Monday his country's move to normalise ties with Israel, saying it "has nothing to do with the Palestinians' right to their own state."

The remarks, by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, came amid a deadly flare-up of violence between Israel and the Palestinians that has killed more than 200 people, mostly residents of the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.

Four Arab countries -- Sudan, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain -- last year normalised, or pledged to normalise, relations with the Jewish state. - AFP

16:2117 May 2021

Angela Merkel, Benjamin Netanyahu speak about Mideast conflict

German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the current escalation in the Mideast conflict and emphasised Germany's solidarity with Israel and the country's right to self-defence.

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(Published 17 May 2021, 02:07 IST)

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