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Israel-Palestine Conflict highlights: 'We salute your revolution', Hamas lauds clashes in West Bank

Israel bombarded Gaza with artillery and air strikes on Friday in response to a new barrage of rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave. Israel Defence Forces tweeted that they had begun attacks "in" Gaza, but later issued a clarification that there was no ground incursion and their artillery brigades were shelling border areas. At least 100 Gazans have been killed. Meanwhile, Israeli security forces have also been scrambled to contain deadly riots between Jews and Arabs, and projectiles have been fired on Israel from Lebanon. Stay tuned for updates.
Last Updated 15 May 2021, 01:31 IST
16:4514 May 2021

7 Palestinians dead in West Bank amid violence

The number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank has risen to seven.

The Israeli army says one was killed after attempting to stab a soldier. Palestinian health officials confirmed that death and said six other Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank. (AP)

16:2014 May 2021

Jordanians protest in solidarity with Palestinians

Thousands of Jordanians gathered in the capital Amman and on the border with the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday in solidarity with Palestinians in Jerusalem and Gaza, AFP correspondents said.

Around half of Jordan's 10 million-strong population is of Palestinian origin, including some 2.2 million Palestinian refugees registered with the United Nations.

Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994. (AFP)

16:0514 May 2021

BREAKING | IDF soldiers targeted in attempted hit-and-run attack in West Bank.

15:4014 May 2021

Cong asks govt to work towards ending hostilities between Israel, Hamas

The Congress has urged the government to proactively work towards ending conflict between Israel and Hamas and restore peace with the intervention of the UN Security Council. Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma also said that spiralling violencecoinciding with Eid, is distressing and a matter of grave concern for the world.

15:0714 May 2021

‘We salute your revolution’: Hamas lauds West Bank clashes

Hamas has condoned clashes in West Bank, saying, "We salute your revolution."

Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank on Friday, including one who attempted to stab a soldier, as clashes injured more than 100 people in the occupied territory.

Violence on Fridays in the West Bank is a traditional facet of the long running Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the fresh unrest comes as Israel is engaged in major hostilities with Palestinian armed groups in Gaza.

Israel's army said it "neutralised" an assailant who attempted to stab at soldier at a military post in Ofra, north of Ramallah.

(Published 14 May 2021, 01:40 IST)

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