狸の親子さんの おぼえた日記 - 2021年5月12日(水)

Rockets rain on Tel Aviv as violence expands NHK WORLD -JAPAN - 1 hour ago

Violence between Israel and Palestinian militants is escalating further, with rocket attacks on Israel's biggest commercial hub of Tel Aviv reportedly killing one person.


The Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, fired 130 rockets into the city and its surroundings on Tuesday evening. Many were shot down by the military, but local media report that the attacks resulted in one death and multiple injuries.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a hastily arranged news conference that the country is at the height of a weighty campaign. He warned that the militants will pay a very heavy price.


The attacks were in response to airstrikes Israel carried on Gaza after Hamas reportedly fired more than 500 rockets into Israel and killed two people between Monday and Tuesday.

Health officials in Gaza say the airstrikes killed 30 people, including children, and injured more than 200.

Clashes first erupted in Jerusalem between Israeli security forces and Palestinian visitors to the city's holy sites during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that began in mid-April.