- Title: Hamas military building targeted in Gaza bombardments
- Date: 13th May 2021
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (MAY 13, 2021) (REUTERS) GAZA SKYLINE / SOUND OF EXPLOSION / PLUME OF SMOKE RISING FROM HAMAS MILITARY BUILDING, ANOTHER EXPLOSION PLUME OF SMOKE OVER SKYLINE, SOUND OF EXPLOSIONS SKYLINE / CLOUDS OF SMOKE FROM EARLIER GREY CLOUD OF SMOKE RISING IN DISTANCE CLOUD OF SMOKE RISING ABOVE BUILDING
- Embargoed: 27th May 2021 10:32
- Keywords: Gaza Hamas Israel Palestine attacks
- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- City: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001ECSPXZB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Israel targeted a Hamas military building in Gaza City on Thursday (May 13) as bombardments escalated between the Jewish state and the Islamist group.
Israel had earlier destroyed a six-story residential building in the city's centre, as it prepared ground troops along the Gaza border, and one man was killed by an Israeli missile fired east of Khan Younis in the south, medics said.
A wave of violence between Jewish Israelis and the country's Arab minority also spread in several Israeli cities, with attacks on synagogues and Arab-Jewish fighting in the streets.
Several European and U.S. airlines have cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, including British Airways, United Airlines and Iberia.
At least 72 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday (May 10), medics said, further straining hospitals already under heavy pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven people have been killed in Israel, its military said.
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