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Latest updates: May 17

Israel's heavy bombardment in #Gaza has entered its second week with air raids carried out in the early hours of Monday.

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At least 192 Palestinians, including 58 children have been killed in Gaza since Israeli bombardment began, as at least 55 Israeli air raids were carried out in the besieged Strip during the early hours of Monday.

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Blackouts in “large areas” of Gaza after Israeli raids damaged a power line feeding electricity from the only power plant to southern areas of the city.

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Pakistan’s foreign minister "categorically" condemns Israel’s “continuous and indiscriminate attacks” that have killed nearly 200 Palestinians in Gaza.

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Almost three Palestinian children have been injured every hour in Gaza since Israeli bombardment began last Monday, according to Save the Children.

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There has barely been “one hour of peace” as Israeli drones were “hovering overhead, controlling the skies”, reports Al Jazeera’s Safwat al-Kahlout from Gaza.

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Israel’s latest air bombardment of Gaza was “heavier, on a wider area and lasting longer” than the raids 24 hours earlier that killed at least 42 Palestinians.

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“The recent events highlight not only the unity of the system of colonial oppression, but also the unity of Palestinian struggle.”

How Palestinian citizens in Israel took to the streets to assert their identity in unprecedented mass protests aje.io/wys4k

“The UN must issue a resolution that describes all these actions as illegal and illegitimate against the Palestinian people.”

Palestine's PM Mohammad Shtayyeh urged more concrete action, rather than words, against Israel. LIVE updates: aje.io/3pt45

This six-year-old Palestinian child was reunited with her father after being trapped beneath the rubble of her home for seven hours after an Israeli air strike hit their building, killing her mother and four siblings.

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Turkey's Erdogan urges the pope to help end Israel's "massacre", as human rights groups ask the ICC to investigate Israel's bombing of al-Jalaa tower which housed media organisations including Al Jazeera - as a possible war crime.

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UPDATE: Number of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza rises to 198, including 58 children.

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How Israeli bombings that killed at least two senior Palestinian doctors in Gaza, are exacerbating a medical expertise shortage in the besieged enclave aje.io/p8ah8

Qatar's FM stressed the “need for urgent action by the international community to stop the repeated brutal Israeli attacks against civilians in Gaza," amid discussions with US Secretary of State Blinken. ⤵️ aje.io/wlv4z

These Palestinian firefighters in the city of Jabalia have been working to extinguish a fire at a mattress factory in a refugee camp that was reportedly hit during Israel’s latest raids. LIVE updates: aje.io/3pt45

Gaza's hospitals struggle as wounded Palestinians mount and resources run out.

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Funerals and destruction in Gaza as Israeli attacks continue — in pictures aje.io/97g8q

At least 198 people, including 58 children have been killed in Gaza since Israeli bombardment began last week. LIVE updates: aje.io/3pt45

Tens of thousands of people from nearly 100 cities across the world took to the streets in solidarity with Palestinians to demand an end to deadly Israeli air raids on Gaza.

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UPDATE: Israeli air strike kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza.

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The US, a close ally of Israel, has reportedly blocked UNSC statements that condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza and called for a ceasefire, for the third time in a week aje.io/xqwsf

UNRWA Director Matthias Schmale said Israel refuses to open humanitarian corridors during its bombardment of Gaza.

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"The Israeli aircraft shelled the whole street and the buildings, and hit the infrastructure, their aim is to destroy the economy and destroy the basic needs of the people, there is no clean water now, no sewage system, no services." - Adly Alkolak, Gaza resident

US President Joe Biden said he is working toward a 'sustained calm' between Israel and Palestine ⤵️

Biden's administration have approved $735 million in arms sales to Israel, amid Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, says a Washington Post report. LIVE updates: aje.io/3pt45

“Hospitals [in Gaza] are very overwhelmed and are suffering great shortages in medical supplies, they have called out volunteers to come and donate blood because of the [number] of people that are wounded"

- Journalist @YoumnaElSayed17

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@YoumnaElSayed17 “People who are taking this school as a shelter were terrified.”

An Israeli airstrike was heard nearby a UNRWA school, reports Journalist Sami Abu Salem.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 Israeli air strike in Gaza kills Hussam Abu Harbeed, an Islamic Jihad leader, said the armed group aje.io/tqr9j

@YoumnaElSayed17 Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio expresses “strong concern” over Israel's bombardment of Gaza during meeting with Iran's FM Mohammad Javad Zarif.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 US envoy meets President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.

“Palestinians say they don’t even believe that these diplomatic efforts are going to lead to de-escalation" - Al Jazeera’s @nida_journo.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo “[Gaza] Residential buildings and towers have been warned, we can hear the explosions now from the Israeli artillery … the airstrikes are still on” - Al Jazeera’s @safwatkahlout.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout “Pray for Palestine”

As the Israeli bombardment continues in Gaza, sporting stars from the UK to Chile raise the Palestinian flag and post messages of support aje.io/r6xjk

@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout Gaza office of Qatar Red Crescent Society targeted by Israeli strike.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout “This house expresses deep concern over the increasing violence and brutality perpetrated against Palestinian people by the Israeli apartheid regime.”

Pakistan's parliament strongly condemns Israeli bombardment.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout At least 200 Palestinians killed in Gaza, including 59 children, by Israeli attacks – says health ministry.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout “We need food, clothes, duvets, mattresses and milk,” says Suheir al-Arbeed, who gave birth two weeks ago.

Over 38,000 Palestinians internally displaced in Gaza as Israel continues intense bombardment aje.io/8nhqn

@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout “The targeting of humanitarian and media institutions is a clear violation of international law, humanitarian norms and values.”

Qatar condemns Israel’s targeting of Red Crescent office in Gaza.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout Israel committing ‘war crimes’ in Gaza, says Human Rights Watch.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout Two Palestinians are killed and 10 are injured after an Israeli air raid struck the headquarters of the Qatari Red Crescent Society in Gaza aje.io/hpcv9

@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout At least 212 people in Gaza have now been killed, including 61 children and 36 women, says Gaza’s Ministry of Health.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout The Palestine Liberation Organisation says Gaza’s only coronavirus lab is no longer 'functional'.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout President Biden “expressed his support for a ceasefire” during a talk with Israeli PM Netanyahu.

Biden also repeated support for "Israel’s right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks”.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout US Rep Ilhan Omar says US ‘delay’ in ceasefire support "has caused slaughter of children and destruction of lives".

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout “We will not let this silence us and disrupt our coverage."

Al Jazeera English’s managing director speaks to CNN after Israeli air strikes destroyed the network’s office in Gaza.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout Israel shells southern Lebanon in response to earlier failed rocket launches from Lebanon that failed to cross the border.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout Human rights group Amnesty condemns US plans to sell weapons worth $735m to Israel that "could be used to commit war crimes" in the middle of conflict with Palestinian armed groups.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout Israeli forces continued to shell Gaza City as dawn approaches.

There were about 30 Israeli air strikes overnight, and also bursts of Palestinian rocket fire.

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@YoumnaElSayed17 @nida_journo @safwatkahlout Hundreds of Argentinian demonstrators gathered near the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires to protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza.

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