Palestinian protestors clashed with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank as Israeli fighter jets struck several sites in the densely populated Gaza Strip.
One strike on a three-storey building in the Shati refugee camp killed 10 members of an extended family – two mothers and their four children each. Israel’s army claimed the building was used by senior Hamas officials.
Mohammed al-Hadidi said he had lost most of his family in the strike.
“What did they do to deserve this? We're civilians,” said the devastated father, whose five-month-old baby was also wounded in the explosion.
“They are striking our children – without prior warning.” Palestinian militants responded with volleys of rockets into Israel, killing a man near Tel Aviv.
Balls of flame thrust into the sky on Saturday afternoon as Israel's air force flattened a 13-floor Gaza building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera and the Associated Press news agency, after giving a warning to evacuate.
It is clear that those who are waging this war do not only want to spread destruction and death in Gaza, but also to silence media that are witnessing, documenting and reporting the truth, Al Jazeera's Jerusalem bureau chief, Walid al-Omari, told AFP.
AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt said he was shocked and horrified by the attack.
US President Joe Biden in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed his grave concern over the flare-up of violence as well as for the safety of journalists.
This story is from the May 17, 2021 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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