Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip entered its seventh consecutive day with air raids early on Sunday killing at least 15 Palestinians, wounding dozens more, and flattening at least two residential buildings.
The home of Gaza’s Hamas chief, Yehya al-Sinwar, was also targeted, according to the group’s TV.
In Israel’s Tel Aviv, people dashed for bomb shelters as sirens warning of incoming rocket fire blared across the city.
More than 150 Palestinians, including at least 41 children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip in the past week. More than 1,000 others have been wounded. In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces have killed at least 13 Palestinians.
Israel has reported 10 dead, including two children.
The United Nations Security Council meets on Sunday to discuss the worst outbreak of violence in years in Palestine and Israel.
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‘Apartheid states are not democracies’
US Cogresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed the administration President Joe Biden for not stading up to Israel, which she called an “apartheid state”.
“Apartheid states aren’t democracies,” she wrote in a tweet.
Sharing a video of the Israeli attack on the Al Jazeera and AP offices, she said: “This is happening with the support of the United States.
She added: “I don’t care how any spokesperson tries to spin this. The US vetoed the UN call for ceasefire. If the Biden admin can’t stand up to an ally, who can it stand up to? How can they credibly claim to stand for human rights?”
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators block traffic in LA
Hundreds of protesters shut down traffic as they took to the streets of Los Angeles, calling for an end to Israeli air strikes over the Gaza Strip.
The protesters waved flags and signs saying “free Palestine” and shouted “long live intifada,” or uprising. They marched from outside the federal building to the Israeli consulate in the western part of the city.
China calls for UN council action, slams US
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the UN Security Council to seek a de-escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. He also blamed the US for the council’s lack of action so far.
“Regrettably, the council has so far failed to reach an agreement, with the United States standing on the opposite side of international justice,” the state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Wang as saying.
Blinken talks to AP chief over Israeli attack
US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken spoke with Gary Pruitt, the President and CEO of the Associated Press on the Israelis military attack on the news agency’s offices in Gaza, his spokesman Ned Price said.
“The Secretary offered his unwavering support for independent journalists and media organizations around the world and noted the indispensability of their reporting in conflict zones,” Price said in a statement.
IDF: Media tower was Hamas base
The Israeli military called the office of media organisations it bombed on Saturday “an important base of operations for Hamas’ military intelligence”.
“The base gathered intel for attacks against Israel, manufactured weapons & positioned equipment to hamper IDF operations,” The ISraeli Defence Forces said in a tweet.
It added: “We warned civilians in the building about our strike out of concern for their safety & gave them enough time to safely evacuate. Hamas & Islamic Jihad used this time to take items out of the building. We were willing to pay that price to not harm any civilians.”
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