After the 2014 war that devastated Palestine and Israel, rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded Gaza with missiles again. These are now regarded as the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 war. Meanwhile, another closed emergency meeting is scheduled to be held by the U.N. Security Council on the all-out war between Israelis and Palestinians.
Gaza was turned into an unkempt place as a multi-storey residential building collapsed in the territory as a result of Israeli air strikes. Occupants were warned by Israel to evacuate after the missile attacks.
Such violence is believed to be the product of festering tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. Conflicts between the two countries began after the state of Israel was established in 1948.
Israelis and Palestinians are facing-off along the Gaza-Israeli border, and a scene of bedlam in Gaza as Israel launched missile attacks on the territory, and several Hamas intelligence leaders were killed on Wednesday.
35 Palestinians have been killed, including 12 children and three women. And some 200 people were wounded. Five Israelis, including three women and a child, were killed as the victims of rocket fire on Tuesday and early Wednesday. Dozens of people were also injured.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. But in this case, the proverb has proven to be wrong. Despite Israeli and Palestinian officials’ efforts to forge a peace deal, they still couldn’t reach an agreement, and that has led to the firing of more than 1,000 rockets from Israeli militants. And it goes without saying, many living in apartments in the territory had to leave in a state of shock.
Clashes that happened in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan this year turned out to be just the prelude of the escalating violence in the region.
The U.N. Security Council also planned to hold its second closed emergency meeting in three days after tensions escalated. However, the U.N.’s most powerful body did not issue a statement due to U.S. concerns that it could escalate tensions.
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