Israeli airstrikes have so far killed 200 Palestinians, including 61 children and 36 women, and injured more than 1,300, while Hamas retaliatory rocket attacks have reportedly killed 10 Israelis.
The violent conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has been going on for about 10 days. Threats and fears of evicting Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah area are a major cause of recent tensions.It is a Palestinian neighborhood outside the walls of the ancient city whose land and houses have been sued by Jewish settlers.
Clashes broke out between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters at Al-Aqsa Mosque last Friday. Fifty-three Palestinians were injured in the clashes.
Israel has declared a state of emergency following ethnic riots in the town of Lod, near Tel Aviv. For the first time since 1966, the Israeli government has declared a state of emergency against the Palestinian community.
In recent tensions, the Israeli military claims that Hamas has fired 1,500 rockets at Israel, but most of them have been destroyed in the air by the Israeli defense system, the Iron Dome.The United Nations convened a Security Council meeting on Sunday to discuss the situation, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate end to the violence.
Protests against Israeli attacks continue around the world.
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