- Title: Gaza death toll rises, rockets rain on southern Israel
- Date: 13th November 2019
- Summary: MEN CARRYING WRAPPED BODY INTO MORGUE/ YOUNG MAN (IN RED SHIRT) STUMBLING INTO MORGUE YOUNG MAN WHOSE FATHER WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE CRYING IN MORGUE YOUNG MAN CRYING OUTSIDE MORGUE MEN AROUND AMBULANCE EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL MEN OUTSIDE MORGUE MAN CRYING MEN INSIDE MORGUE YOUNG MAN CRYING OUTSIDE MORGUE EXTERIOR OF MORGUE KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (NOVEMBER 13, 2019) (REUTERS) SUN RISING OVER RUBBLE IN SITE OF ISRAELI STRIKE WOMEN, CHILDREN GOING THROUGH RUBBLE VARIOUS OF RESIDENTS STAND AROUND CRATER CHILDREN DEBRIS 52-YEAR-OLD MUNIR ZOAROUB, OWNER OF HOUSE THAT WAS DESTROYED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE, PUSHING AWAY A PLASTIC BARREL (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) 52-YEAR-OLD MUNIR ZOAROUB, OWNER OF HOUSE THAT WAS DESTROYED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE "The Jews are lying, this is my home, it had three floors and it was destroyed during the night. It is not a military site, it is a home of eight people." GIRLS PICKING UP THINGS FROM GROUND IN DEBRIS BOY SITTING IN RUBBLE, TENDING TO A BOOK WOMAN SITTING IN FRONT OF DEBRIS WIDE OF STRIKE AREA JERUSALEM (NOVEMBER 13, 2019) (REUTERS) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WALKING INTO CABINET MEETING VARIOUS OF NEWLY APPOINTED DEFENCE MINISTER, NAFTALI BENNETT, SPEAKING TO MAN NEXT TO HIM BEFORE CABINET MEETING START NETANYAHU TAKING NOTES/ REMOVING GLASSES (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYING: "Citizens of Israel, I say again: It can take time." NETANYAHU AND MINISTERS DURING MEETING (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYING: "We are not looking for escalation, but we are responding to every attack against us with a very sharp attack and response. I think that Islamic Jihad best understand that now rather than when it's too late for it." NETANYAHU IN MEETING VARIOUS OF SMARTPHONE SHOWING 'RED ALERT' APP THAT ALARMS OF INCOMING ROCKET ALERTS WITH SOUND OF ALARM AND WRITTEN NOTIFICATIONS ASHKELON, ISRAEL (NOVEMBER 13, 2019) (REUTERS) MAN LAYING ON ROAD NEXT TO VEHICLES AS SIREN IS HEARD/ WOMAN ON GROUND NEXT TO VEHICLE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER AREA, ISRAEL (NOVEMBER 13, 2019) (REUTERS) EXPLOSION IN SKY AS ISRAELI IRON DOME ROCKETS INTERCEPT ROCKETS LAUNCHED FROM GAZA VARIOUS OF ISRAELI ARTILLERY DEPLOYED NEAR GAZA BORDER (AUDIO: SIREN)
- Embargoed: 27th November 2019 10:37
- Keywords: Israel Gaza sirens rockets morgue aftermath destruction
- Location: ASHKELON, ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER AREA, ISRAEL/ GAZA CITY, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA/ JERUSALEM
- City: ASHKELON, ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER AREA, ISRAEL/ GAZA CITY, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA/ JERUSALEM
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA003B5DDK5J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
Israeli air strikes killed nine Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday (November 13), medical officials said, raising the Palestinian death toll to 19 over a two-day escalation in violence since Israel launched strikes to kill an Islamic Jihad commander.
From early morning Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel and the Israeli military struck from the air, resuming after an overnight lull.
The bodies of six people killed in Gaza City were brought into Shifa hospital in taxis and ambulances early Wednesday, as relatives wept and screamed. Medics and witnesses said they were civilians who lived in densely populated neighbourhoods.
The worst fighting in months erupted on Tuesday (November 12) after Israel killed Abu Al-Atta, a senior commander of the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad militant group, accusing him of masterminding and planning attacks against Israel.
Despite attempts by diplomats to restore calm, an Islamic Jihad official told Reuters that his group told mediators it intended to carry on its retaliatory attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that "It can take time."
Rockets from Gaza sent Israelis rushing to shelters in towns near the Gaza border and deeper in the country. There were no reports of deaths in Israel.
Israel captured Gaza in a 1967 war and withdrew troops and settlements in 2005. The territory has been controlled since 2007 by Hamas while under an Israeli security blockade, also backed by Egypt, which has wrecked its economy.
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