Flames and smoke rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the southern Gaza Strip on May 11, 2021.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that his country will step up air strikes against militants from the Gaza Strip as tensions in the region continue to escalate.
As of Monday evening, 26 Palestinians – 16 militants, nine children and one woman – have reportedly been killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip. Rockets fired by militants from the Gaza Strip killed two Israeli civilians and wounded 10.
Netanyahu said the Hamas militant group that rules Gaza “will now receive blows they did not expect”.
Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli police outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Monday, and the city has seen the worst violence in years. The mounting tensions are due to a clash of factors, including a pending ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court in a case involving right-wing Israelis attempting to evict some Palestinian residents from a neighborhood in East Jerusalem.
Smoke rises from an Israeli air strike on the Hanadi compound in Gaza City
Smoke rises during an Israeli air strike on the Hanadi site in Gaza City, which is controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement on May 11, 2021.
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In response to an Israeli air strike, rockets are fired from the city of Gaza, which is controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement
Missiles are fired from Gaza City, controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, in response to an Israeli air strike on a 12-story building in the city towards the coastal city of Tel Aviv on May 11, 2021.
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After Israeli air strikes, people gather at the site of a collapsed building
After the Israeli air strikes on Gaza City on May 11, 2021, people gather at the site of a collapsed building.
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Israeli Arabs carry the coffin of a 25-year-old Israeli Arab man who was shot dead during a riot last night
Israeli Arabs carry the coffin of a 25-year-old Israeli Arab man who was shot dead in riot last night during his funeral in the city of Lod.
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A Palestinian protester hurls stones with a sling
A Palestinian protester hurls stones with a sling next to burning tires during a protest on the border with Israel east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 10, 2021.
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Rockets are being launched into Israel by Palestinian militants
Rockets will be launched into Israel by Palestinian militants from Gaza on May 10, 2021.
Mohammed Salem | Reuters
A Palestinian helps a wounded fellow protester clash with Israeli security forces at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
A Palestinian helps a wounded protester clash with Israeli security forces on the grounds of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on May 10, 2021, before a march is planned to commemorate Israel’s takeover of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day War.
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Soldiers work in a building damaged by a rocket from the Gaza Strip
Soldiers work in a building damaged by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in Ashdod, southern Israel, on May 11, 2021.
Avi Roccah | Reuters
Smoke rises from Israeli air strikes in Gaza City
Piles of smoke from Israeli air strikes in Gaza City controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement on May 11, 2021.
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Rockets are being launched into Israel from Gaza City, which is controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement
On May 11, 2021, rockets controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement will be fired at Israel from Gaza City.
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Fire billows from Israeli air strikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip
On May 11, 2021, fires from Israeli air strikes broke out in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza on May 10 in response to a flood of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants in rioting in the grounds of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
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An Israeli police bomb disposal expert looks out the window of a residential building that was damaged after being hit by a missile
An Israeli police bomb disposal expert looks out the window of a residential building damaged after it was hit by a missile fired from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel, on May 11, 2021.
Amir Cohen | Reuters
A Palestinian woman cries as civilians evacuate a building that was hit by Israeli bombing in Gaza City
A Palestinian woman cries as civilians evacuate a building that was attacked by Israeli bombing in Gaza City on May 11, 2021.
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Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system intercepts missiles fired from the Gaza Strip
The Israeli air defense system Iron Dome intercepts missiles launched from the Gaza Strip on May 10, 2021 and controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas over the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.
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Palestinians pray for the bodies of people killed in Israeli air strikes
Palestinians pray over the bodies of people killed in Israeli air strikes during a memorial service in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2021.
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Palestinians stand on the rubble of an apartment that was destroyed by Israeli air strikes
Palestinians stand on the rubble of an apartment that was destroyed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza on May 11, 2021.
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A rabbi investigates the damage in a burning religious school in the central Israeli city of Lod near Tel Aviv
A rabbi inspects the damage in a burning religious school in the central Israeli city of Lod near Tel Aviv on May 11, 2021 after night clashes between Arab Israelis and Israeli Jews.
Ahmad Gharabli | AFP | Getty Images
A Palestinian holds a Hamas flag while walking through the Al-Aqsa Mosque after clashes with Israeli police
A Palestinian holds a Hamas flag while walking through the Al-Aqsa Mosque after clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem’s Old City on May 10, 2021.
Ammar Awad | Reuters
An Israeli police officer holds his gun as he stands in front of an injured Israeli driver
An Israeli police officer holds his gun in hand as he stands in front of an injured Israeli driver shortly after witnesses said his car hit a sidewalk in a collision with rocks near the Lion Gate outside Jerusalem’s Old City on May 10, 2021 crashed into a Palestinian.
Ilan Rosenberg | Reuters
An Israeli man photographs a badly damaged house in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon
An Israeli man photographs a badly damaged house in the southern city of Ashkelon on May 11, 2021, when the Hamas movement fired rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
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Relatives mourn the loss of a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli raid in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip
Relatives of the Palestinian Ahmed Al-Shenbari, who was killed in an Israeli attack in the city of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, mourn during his funeral on May 11, 2021 in Gaza City, Gaza.
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