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</font><h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Violent confrontations erupt in various Palestinian cities</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) - May 12, 2021<br></div>
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The intensity of the confrontations in Gaza, the West Bank and
Jerusalem escalated during the last 48 hours and the Israeli press talk
about the loss of control over the situation.<p>
The Israeli Maariv newspaper published on its front page on Wednesday morning the headline "The State Is Burning".</p><p>
The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, launched
on Tuesday night a major missile strike against Tel Aviv and its
environs with 130 heavy missiles. This came in response to the Israeli
occupation warplanes' targeting of civilian towers in Gaza.</p><p>
The Qassam Brigades also targeted an Israeli military jeep with a guided
missile in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli officer was killed and
two others were critically wounded, according to the Hebrew newspaper
Yediot Aharonot.</p><p>
On Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) announced that it
intercepted a drone coming from the Gaza Strip towards the settlements
near Gaza.</p><p>
In Occupied Jerusalem, eyewitness said that the local youths opened fire
on the Israeli policemen who stormed the Qalandia refugee camp.</p><p>
In the West Bank, IOF launched a campaign of arrests and 46 citizens were rounded up.</p><p>
In Jenin, local sources said that IOF raided the city and several youths
wearing masks opened fire at the IOF soldiers and clashed with them
before they withdrew.</p><p>
In al-Khalil, Al-Fawwar refugee camp witnessed violent confrontations
between citizens and IOF soldiers. The young man Hussein Atteya Al-Titi,
26, was killed while others were wounded.</p><p>
In Lod city, violent clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israelis
on Tuesday, in what was described by Mayor Yair Revivo, as “civil war
between Arabs and Jews."</p><p>
After the continuous Palestinian protests, the Israeli authorities lost
complete control over the city and declared a state of emergency at dawn
Wednesday for the first time since 1966.</p><p>
For his part, Fathi Al-Qarawi, Hamas MP in Tulkarem, confirmed that the
public actions in Palestine express a strong, violent and difficult
reaction after the Israeli crimes in Al-Aqsa Mosque and Sheikh Jarrah in
Jerusalem and the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip for 15 years ago.</p><p>
The President of the UN Security Council, the Chinese ambassador, Zhang
Jun, announced that the council will hold a second emergency session on
Wednesday regarding the situation in East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.</p><p>
The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip for
the third consecutive day. The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that
the death toll had risen to 53 martyrs, including 13 children, 3 women,
and 320 injuries.</p> </div></div>
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