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Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City after IDF strike, May 2021. Credit: Anas BABA / AFP Published by Haaretz
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by IMEMC News
May 17, 2021

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Monday midday that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks targeting Gaza and the West Bank in the past 10 days have reached 220 killed and 6039 Injured.

In the Gaza Strip, Israeli air, sea, and ground bombardment have left 198 killed including 58 children, 35 women and at least 1300 injured.

Meanwhile in the West Bank Israeli occupation forces killed 21 Palestinians, including one child, and injured 3728 people. Among those injured were 220 children and 22 women, the Health Ministry added.

In Jerusalem, Israeli troops killed one Palestinian man, and injured 1011. 487 were moved to medical centers for treatment, 60 of them in critical conditions and 204 moderate.

The ministry report showed that in the West Bank and Jerusalem, 441 people were injured by live gunfire, 172 by rubber-coated steel bullets, and 93 suffered effects of tear gas inhalation.

More Details provided in The Palestinian Health Ministry report:

Ramallah: 113 were injured 14 of them are in serious condition, 41 in moderate condition, and 52 in minor conditions

Hebron: 199 were injured, including 19 in a serious condition, 124 in a moderate condition, and 55 in a minor condition.

Bethlehem: 25 were injured, including two serious injuries, 13 in a moderate condition, and 10 lightly

Nablus: 135 injuries, including 20 in a serious condition, 57 in a moderate condition, and 58 in a minor condition.

Jenin: 70 injuries, including 6 in a serious condition, 13 in a moderate condition, and 51 in a minor condition

Tulkarm: 75 injuries, including 6 serious, 22 moderate and 47 minor

Salfit: 20 injuries, including 4 in a serious condition, 10 in a moderate condition, and 6 in a minor one

Tubas: 12 injuries, including 2 serious, 4 moderate and 6 minor injuries

Qalqilya: 59 injuries, including 3 in serious condition, 7 in moderate condition, and 41 minor in light

Jericho: 22 injuries, including 2 serious, 5 moderate and 15 minor injuries
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Gaza Flare-up: U.S. Vetoes Security Council Resolution, Hamas Threatens Renewed Fire on Tel Aviv

Heavy rocket barrage rocks southern Israel ■ Biden says working toward ceasefire ■ Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander ■ At least 198 Gazans killed in Israeli strikes, as media tower downed ■ 10 dead in Israel; 3,000 rockets fired at it since flare-up began

by Haaretz
May 16, 2021
Updated: May. 17, 2021 8:30 PM

Fighting between Israel and Hamas escalated in what has become the heaviest flare-up since the 2014 Gaza War. At least 200 people were killed in the Gaza Strip, and 10 in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges in years.

On Saturday, an Israeli man was killed after a barrage of rocket fire targeted Tel Aviv and central Israel, shattering two days of calm in the region. Buildings and infrastructure have been damaged in several cities in central Israel and the IDF downed a media tower housing offices of Al Jazeera, The Associated Press, and other media outlets.

Israel carried out hundreds of air and several ground strikes in Gaza, but IDF troops did not enter Gaza as part of a ground invasion. Gazan militants have fired some 3,000 rockets at central and southern Israel since Monday.

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8:22 P.M. Soldier injured by mortar shell

A 23-year-old Israeli soldier was lightly to moderately injured by an exploded mortar shell near the Gaza border, Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon said. He is currently hospitalized in stable condition. (Almog Ben Zikri)

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7:48 P.M. U.S. blocks UNSC statement on Gaza

The United States obstructed the publication of a UN Security Council statement on the ongoing fighting between Israel and Gaza on Monday. This marks the third time in the past week that the United States vetoed a United Nations statement that Israel found unfavorable.

A draft of the statement obtained by Haaretz does not mention the rocket barrages fired at Israel’s civilian population by the Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations. The statement calls on the parties to reach a cease fire and expresses concern over a possible eviction of Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.

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7:44 P.M. Magen David Adom 311 injured since fighting began

Since the beginning of the latest round of hostilities, Magen David Adom rescue service staff and paramedics have treated 311 injured Israelis. Eight of them were killed by direct hits from rockets, shockwaves and shrapnel; two were critically injured on their way to bomb shelters and succumbed to their wounds.

One hundred and six people were injured by shrapnel, shockwaves and broken glass; six of them seriously, 11 moderately and 89 lightly. Another 195 people were injured on their way to shelters, 1 seroiusly, five moderately 189 lightly. Another 221 people were treated by MDA medics for anxiety, and some of them needed further treatment.

Magen David Adom treated another 193 people who were injured during the Jewish-Arab riots throughout the country, including Yigal Yehoshua, 56, who was critically injured and succumbed to his wounds on Monday. Another 10 people were seriously injured, 29 moderately and 153 lightly.

On Monday, the rescue service treated 12 people. (Josh Breiner)

7:22 P.M. Sirens sound in Sderot, Eshkol and Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Councils (Almog Ben Zikri)

7:18 P.M. Netanyahu in security consultations

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently holding security consultations at military headquarters in Tel Aviv with the defense minister, the chief of staff, the head of the National Security Council, the head of the Shin Bet, the head of the Mossad and security leaders (Jonathan Lis)

7:18 P.M. IDF: 190 rockets fired into Israel Monday

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2:25 P.M. Gaza Health Ministry: 200 dead

The Gazan Health Ministry reported that 200 people have been killed in the Strip since the current round of hostilities began, 59 of whom were children. Thus far, 1,305 Gazans have been wounded.

2:03 P.M. IDF hits cell which planned to strike Israeli Navy

A Hamas cell which was planning an attack on the Israeli navy has been destroyed, the IDF confirmed.

The IDF also said there were Hamas fatalities in the attack. The attack was carried out with under water weaponry. (Yaniv Kubovich)

1:43 P.M. Eight Israelis lightly wounded after barrage of rockets fired from Gaza

Eight Israelis have been injured from rocket shrapnel after a heavy barrage of rockets were fired at Ashdod, Ashkelon and other cities in Israel's south, Magen David Adom has confirmed.

There are suspicions of a person trapped in rubble after a building collapsed in Ashdod from a direct hit.

Magen David Adom does not have permission to enter the site since it is unstable. (Ido Efrati)

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