Israel-Palestinian conflict escalates as rockets fly

A building housing various international media houses collapses. Pic/AFP

Tensions between Israel and the Islamic Hamas movement, the worst since 2014, has continued unabated in the Gaza Strip with no sign of any ceasefire between the two sides to end the violence.

Overnight and at predawn on Friday, the tit-for-tat violent military confrontations between the two sides were intensified. Hamas militants fired more barrages of rockets into Israel, and Israeli fighter jets kept striking on the enclave. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health said that 122 Palestinians have been killed, including 31 children and 20 women, and 900 others injured since Monday.

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Gaza's infrastructure, already in widespread disrepair because of an Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed after Hamas seized power in 2007, showed signs of breaking down further, compounding residents' misery. The territory's sole power plant is at risk of running out of fuel in the coming days. The UN said Gazans are already enduring daily power cuts of 8-12 hours and at least 2,30,000 have limited access to tap water.

Israel strike in Gaza destroys building with AP, other media

An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and Al Jazeera news network, hours after another Israeli air raid on a densely populated refugee camp killed at least 10 Palestinians, mostly children, on Saturday.

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