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Latest updates: May 15

Israel’s bombardment in #Gaza continued for a fifth consecutive day, with Israeli air raids hitting a refugee camp where several Palestinians, including children, were killed.

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At least 139 Palestinians, including 40 children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Monday. 11 Palestinian have also been killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank.

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Hundreds of people gathered in the Australian city of Melbourne to express their solidarity with Palestinians.

More demonstrations are expected to be held around the world.

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A two-month old Palestinian boy was pulled alive from under the rubble while seven other family members perished at Al-Shifa Hospital, after an Israeli air strike struck Al-Shati Refugee Camp without advance warning during the night.

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Funerals are being held in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus for Palestinian protesters killed on Friday by Israeli forces.

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Egypt sent 10 ambulances into Gaza to pick up casualties of Israeli bombardments for treatment in Egyptian hospitals.

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Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators faced off with Israeli troops who shot and killed at least 11 in the occupied West Bank — in pictures aje.io/krkem

“This is truly a massacre."

At least 10 members of a Palestinian family – two women and eight children – were killed by an Israeli air raid on their home in the Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip aje.io/x28jq

“People in Gaza are living terrifying nights every single day. We wake up to reply to messages are you alive? We’re scared. Every single night we say that we are next.” - Gaza resident Eman Basher (@SometimesPooh)

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@SometimesPooh Israel has given a “warning” that it will bomb the building that houses Al Jazeera offices and other international media channels in Gaza City in one hour.

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UPDATE: A Palestinian man was killed in an airstrike that hit Bureji refugee camp, located in the middle of the Gaza Strip.

The attack brought the total death toll in the besieged territory since Monday to 140.

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An Israeli man was killed after a rocket fired from Gaza hit his building in Ramat Gan in central Israel, according to police.

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BREAKING: Israeli air raid flattens building that houses Al Jazeera and other international media outlets in Gaza City.

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⭕ LIVE footage of the moment an Israeli air raid bombed the offices of Al Jazeera and The Associated Press in Gaza City ⬇️

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“I have been working here for 11 years. I have been covering many events from this building ... now everything, in two seconds, just vanished.” - Al Jazeera’s Safwat al-Kahlout.

Israel bombs offices of Al Jazeera and AP news agency.

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“This is a very personal moment for all of us. The idea that the place is not there anymore is extraordinary to contemplate” - Harry Fawcett, Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem correspondent.

Israel bombs building housing Al Jazeera and @AP media.

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@AP The 11-storey al-Jalaa building, housing the media offices of Al Jazeera and The Associated Press, is just one of a number of towers bombed by Israel in the besieged Gaza strip.

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@AP The Associated Press president and CEO, Gary Pruitt, said he is “shocked and horrified” by “incredibly disturbing” Israeli attack on the al-Jalaa building.

The tower was home to AP’s bureau and other news organisations in Gaza.

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@AP “The destruction of Al Jazeera offices and that of other media organizations in al-Jalaa tower in Gaza is a blatant violation of human rights and is internationally considered a war crime"

- Dr Mostefa Souag, acting director general of Al Jazeera Media ⬇️ aje.io/ptml5

@AP “This is the third attack on a tower which houses various media, on top of that we’ve recorded 30 incidents of journalists being beaten or being detained”

- Jeremy Dear, International Federation of Journalists.

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@AP Thousands of people gathered in London to express their solidarity with Palestinians ⬇️

More demonstrations are expected to be held around the world on Saturday as Palestinians mark the Nakba.

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@AP Israel has targeted and hit the house of senior Hamas political leader Khalil al-Hayya in east Gaza City.

According to Palestinian sources, al-Hayya was not in the house at the time of attack, says Al Jazeera’s Safwat al-Kahlout.

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@AP UPDATE: Israeli forces have injured at least 29 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, 17 of the injured people had been shot with live bullets and eight with rubber-coated bullets.

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@AP Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has received an “important” phone call from US President Joe Biden, Abbas’s spokesman said.

The first call between the two leaders since Biden took office in January.

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@AP Hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinian protestors have gathered along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel in solidarity with Gaza and Sheikh Jarrah.

Lebanese army soldiers and UNIFIL forces heavily deployed in the area.

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@AP The 11-storey al-Jalaa building housed Al Jazeera, other international media offices and several private residences before an Israeli air raid demolished the structure.

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@AP Thousands of protesters have gathered at the Imam Muhammad Abdel-Wahhab Mosque square in Qatar's capital of Doha, in solidarity with Palestinians.

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@AP Gaza residents evacuate homes near border after residential buildings bombarded.

“This contradicts Israel’s narrative saying that all these strikes aim at destroying the infrastructure capacity of Hamas" - Al Jazeera’s Safwat al-Kahlout.

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@AP “The attack on the building that we have seen is a shocking and, it seems to me, catastrophic attempt to shut down media, to silence criticism.” - Aidan White, Ethical Journalism Network ⬇️ aje.io/8mggn

@AP “This is not a war, it’s genocide”

From Amman and Baghdad to London and Berlin, thousands gather across the world protest in support of Palestinians aje.io/khv4e