- Title: Israel-Gaza cross-border hostilities ran into third day
- Date: 5th May 2019
- Summary: JERUSALEM (MAY 5, 2019) (REUTERS) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ARRIVING AT WEEKLY CABINET MEETING (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SAYING: "This morning I instructed the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) to continue with massive strikes against terrorists in the Gaza Strip and I also instructed that forces around the Gaza Strip be stepped up with tank, artillery and infantry forces. Hamas bears responsibility not only for its own attacks and actions but also for those of the Islamic Jihad, for which it pays a very high price" NEAR GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL (MAY 5, 2019) (REUTERS) SMOKE RISING FROM EXPLOSION SITE ISRAELI SOLDIERS STANDING IN THE PROXIMITY OF DAMAGED VEHICLE DAMAGED VEHICLE SMOKE BILLOWING IN OPEN FIELD VARIOUS OF MILITARY FIRE FIGHTERS WORKING TO EXTINGUISH FIRE IN OPEN FIELD NEAR GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL (MAY 5, 2019) (REUTERS) PEOPLE RUNNING INTO SHELTER PEOPLE IN SHELTER WOMEN AND GIRL LYING ON GROUND, COVERING HEADS SOLDIERS WALKING/SOUND OF EXPLOSIONS/PEOPLE LOOKING UP TO SEE EXPLOSIONS/WHITE SMOKE TRAILS IN SKY GAZA CITY, GAZA (MAY 5, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MEN GATHERING AROUND BURNING CAR AFTER AN ISRAELI STRIKE HIT THE VEHICLE, KILLING A HAMAS COMMANDER/ FIRE FIGHTERS TRYING TO EXTINGUISH FIRE VARIOUS OF MAHMOUD ABU ARAR, FATHER OF DECEASED INFANT SEBAA MAHMOUD ABU ARAR, CARRYING HER BODY IN HIS ARMS DURING FUNERAL PROCESSION BODY OF PREGNANT WOMAN KILLED IN AIR STRIKE BEING CARRIED DURING FUNERAL PROCESSION
- Embargoed: 19th May 2019 16:22
- Keywords: Palestinians Israel conflict Israelis air strikes IDF border Gaza city Gaza
- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA / ASHKELON, ISRAEL / JERUSALEM / NEAR GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL
- City: GAZA CITY, GAZA / ASHKELON, ISRAEL / JERUSALEM / NEAR GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA003ADMHWEF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A HIGHLIGHTS WRAP OF MATERIAL THAT HAS ALREADY MOVED. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY FRESH MATERIAL
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Rockets and missiles from Gaza killed three civilians in Israel while Israeli air strikes and artillery fire killed seven Palestinians militants in surging cross-border fighting on Sunday (May 5), according to Gazan officials and the Israeli military.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the military to continue "massive strikes" against Gaza's ruling Hamas group and Islamic Jihad, in the most serious border clashes since a spate of fighting in November.
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