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Latest updates: May 14

Israel continued on Friday to bombard #Gaza with air raids and artillery shells as it stepped up the deployment of troops and tanks near the besieged Palestinian enclave.

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Death toll in Gaza rises to 119, including 31 children, as threat of a ground assault looms after Israel amasses tanks and troops near enclave.

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniya urged Palestinians across the occupied territories and in Israel to go out and demonstrate on Friday.

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Israeli army said it destroyed several kilometres of underground tunnels in Gaza during a large-scale operation involving 160 aircraft.

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“These are events that we are looking at very seriously.”

The International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warns against war crimes.

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Israeli artillery and tank shells fired into Gaza forced many Palestinian families to flee their homes — in pictures aje.io/d645f

“There are children who came torn apart.”

Doctors in Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital are battling against shortages of medicine, equipment and power cuts to save patients critically wounded in Israeli air strikes.

Israeli air raids have destroyed or severely damaged more than 200 housing units in the Gaza Strip, while 24 schools have sustained damages, says UN.

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Israeli soldiers have fired live ammunition against Palestinian protesters in occupied West Bank.

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UPDATE: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank.

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Palestinians take to the streets across the occupied West Bank to protest against Israeli air raids in Gaza.

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Jordanian riot police disperse hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters trying to reach a bridge that leads to occupied West Bank.

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UPDATE: At least 31 schools attended by 24,000 children and a health facility in Gaza have been damaged by Israeli air raids, according to Save the Children.

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UPDATE: Israeli attacks on Gaza killed three more Palestinians, taking the death toll to 122.

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UPDATE: Two more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, bringing the day’s Palestinian death toll in the territory to four.

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UPDATE: Palestinian health officials say a total of six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank.

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UPDATE: A total of 7 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, and 366 others injured as Israel pounds Gaza with air raids and shelling.

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Israeli fighter jets hit a bank near Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital as Palestinians continue to flee to UN schools for shelter, Al Jazeera’s Safwat al-Kahlout reports.

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“Hello world ... My family and I are under the target of the bombing of the Israeli occupation’s artillery and warplanes."

Palestinians in Gaza recount the ‘ruthless’ horrors of Israeli raids aje.io/nhn2y

A 21-year-old Lebanese man has died of his wounds as a result of Israeli fire on Lebanon's with Israel.

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UPDATE: Number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank has risen to 10.

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Gaza's health ministry says there will be a "collapse" within a week if Israeli attacks on civilians and domestic zones continue.

At least 122 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 10 killed in the occupied West Bank.

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As Israel's bombardment of Gaza intensifies and the Palestinian death toll mounts, the BDS movement urges:
• An embargo on Israel
• A boycott of firms 'complicit' in Israel's occupation
• Cancelling of academic, cultural & sporting events in Israel ⤵️ aje.io/tj67h

The UN estimates that around 10,000 Palestinians have left their homes in Gaza “due to ongoing hostilities”, as Israel pounds the besieged enclave.

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🔴 Fresh Israeli strikes targeting Gaza have killed at least one Palestinian

🔴 At least 20 Palestinians wounded by Israeli forces in the town of Kafr Kanna

🔴 Israeli fighter jets hit Interior Ministry in Gaza

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From Israeli occupation to a 14-year blockade, here is all you need to know about ‘the world’s largest open-air prison’ - the Gaza Strip aje.io/baphh

Three rockets were fired towards Israel from Syria, the Israeli army said.

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UPDATE: Number of Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza jumps to 126.

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Israeli forces ‘brutally arrest’ Palestinian in Sheikh Jarrah in video on social media.

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🔴 A second Lebanese protester who was injured earlier has died of his wounds.

🔴 Israeli forces have killed a total of 11 Palestinians and injured 1,334 in the occupied West Bank during confrontations.

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At least seven Palestinians, including children, are reported killed after an Israeli air assault struck a home in western Gaza's Shati refugee camp.

At least 20 people are also believed to be trapped under the rubble.

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UPDATE: Rockets from Gaza hits building in Israel’s Ashdod in retaliation to the deadly Israeli air raid that killed several people, at the Shati refugee camp.

No one injuries were reported in the incident.

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🔴 Another Israeli air strike hit a home in Khan Yunis neighbourhood of Gaza

🔴 The Israeli air strike at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza
killed at least 8 Palestinians, including 2 women and 6 children

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Hamas denounces the deadly Israeli air strike “massacre” at the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the attack “is a full-fledged war crime” committed by Israel against Palestinians.

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Israeli drones launch four missiles at the al-Rawda Tower 2 in the southern part of Gaza City.

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UPDATE: at least 137 Palestinians — including 36 children — have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, while 920 have been wounded.

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