• Israel carries out a wave of airstrikes, levelling a six-story building in Gaza City.
• Palestinian armed groups fire dozens of rockets into Israel.
• More than 210 Palestinians killed, 10 in Israel, since war began.
Palestinians in Israel, Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank observed a general strike to protest the war and other Israeli policies that some rights groups say constitute an overarching system of apartheid. Israel rejects that characterization, apne.ws/XWOCT4o
BREAKING: Israeli medics say 10 people wounded, 4 seriously, in attack in southern Israel. apne.ws/f01TGHN
BREAKING: Israeli police say two Thai workers inside Israel have been killed in a strike launched from Gaza. Others were wounded in that attack that hit a packaging plant in southern Israel, police said. apne.ws/7nMLAoR
Latest on the Israeli-Hamas War:
• 1 Palestinian protester killed, more than 70 wounded in West Bank clashes with Israeli troops, officials say. Israeli army says 2 soldiers wounded.
• Netanyahu: Airstrikes have set militants back many years. apne.ws/6AZHRGK
The Biden administration is privately encouraging Israel to wind down its bombardment of Gaza, a source tells AP. The White House has so far resisted calls to ramp up public pressure on Israel to bring an end to a week of deadly fighting with Hamas. apne.ws/XnPH0dE
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BREAKING: The Israeli military says it has targeted the home of Gaza's top Hamas leader after nearly a week of heavy airstrikes and rocket fire into Israel from the territory ruled by the Islamic militant group apne.ws/VRPG7kc
BREAKING: Gaza Health Ministry says 23 killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza City in deadliest single attack since fighting began. apne.ws/R4CtcpW
Gaza medics say Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City have flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people. It was the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory’s militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago. apne.ws/hmQiOUv
The owner of a Gaza high-rise housing the AP and other media outlets says he has received a call from the Israeli military that the building would be targeted. The man said he was told to make sure all residents have evacuated. apne.ws/NaeXULy
BREAKING: Israeli airstrike flattens high-rise building that houses The Associated Press, Al-Jazeera and other media in Gaza City, about an hour after evacuation order.
AP VIDEO: An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media. apne.ws/MkBLcw1
• Israel has launched heavy artillery strikes into Northern Gaza ahead of possible ground invasion.
• Palestinian armed groups have fired 1,800 rockets this week.
• Communal violence in Israel erupts for a fourth night,
Palestinians living along Gaza's northern and eastern borders with Israel are fleeing intense Israeli bombardment. They sought refuge in temporary shelters in central Gaza City, with families arriving in pickup trucks, on donkeys and by foot. apne.ws/dAGvqTh
In the northern Gaza Strip, Rafat Tanani, his pregnant wife and four children, aged 7 and under, were killed after an Israeli warplane reduced their four-story apartment building to rubble, residents said. “It was a massacre,” a relative said. apne.ws/bTnDexg
• Gaza braces for more Israeli airstrikes amid a somber end to Ramadan.
• Rocket fire continues from Hamas into Israel.
• Jewish and Arab mobs rampage across Israel after protests and violence in Jerusalem.
Palestinians hurled from their beds by Israeli airstrikes this week faced an all-too-familiar question: Where should we go? Recalling the horror of past wars, Gaza residents say they feel nowhere is safe. apne.ws/OOQhZoh
VIDEO: Deadly cross-border violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read the latest developments: apne.ws/eBVRSUTapne.ws/SmOP1tC
• Fighting bears hallmarks of devastating 2014 Gaza war.
• Israel has pounded the besieged Palestinian territory with airstrikes.
• Gaza’s armed groups have fired hundreds of rockets into Israel.
• Death toll rising,
BREAKING: Gaza Health Ministry says death toll from Israeli airstrikes climbs to 43 Palestinians, including 13 children; Israel’s emergency service says one person killed and one seriously wounded by an anti-tank missile fired from Gaza. apne.ws/5UmpV00
Derek Chauvin was on trial for murder and manslaughter after pinning George Floyd to the pavement in Minneapolis last May with his knee on his neck for what prosecutors said was 9 1/2 minutes.
The jury came back with its verdict after about 10 hours of deliberations over two days. Derek Chauvin's bail was immediately revoked and he was led away with his hands cuffed behind his back. Sentencing will be in two months.