- Title: Airstrike hits Hamas governmental compound as sun sets over Gaza City
- Date: 14th May 2021
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (MAY 14, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HAMAS GOVERNMENTAL COMPOUND IN GAZA CITY HIT BY AIRSTRIKE, PLUMES OF SMOKE RISING IN THE AIR VARIOUS OF SUNSET OVER GAZA SKYLINE NEAR GAZA BORDER (MAY 14, 2021) (REUTERS) ISRAELI MILITARY POSITION ROCKETS BEING INTERCEPTED OVERHEAD ISRAELI MILITARY POSITION
- Embargoed: 28th May 2021 18:04
- Keywords: Gaza Israeli artillery position rocket interceptions
- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA / NEAR GAZA BORDER
- City: GAZA CITY, GAZA / NEAR GAZA BORDER
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001ECXPIRR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A Hamas governmental compound was hit by an Israeli airstrike as the sun was setting over Gaza City on Friday (May 14).
Israel pummelled Gaza with artillery fire and airstrikes on Friday as it targeted Palestinian militant tunnels to try to stop persistent rocket attacks on Israeli towns.
Near Gaza, incoming Palestinian rockets were intercepted by the Israeli "Iron Dome" missile defence system.
Violence has since spread to cities where Jews and Israel's minority Arab community live side by side. There have also been clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where health officials said seven Palestinians were killed on Friday.
At least 122 people have been killed since Monday in Gaza, including 31 children and 20 women, and 900 others wounded, Palestinian medical officials said.
Among eight dead in Israel were a soldier patrolling the Gaza border, six Israeli civilians - including two children, an elderly woman and an Indian worker, Israeli authorities said.
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