Benjamin Netanyahu : Israel’s right to self defense
Israeli Foreign Minister said, “It’s been another sleepless night of rocket attacks from #Gaza. Hamas targeted Israeli civilians with 130 rockets since Wednesday evening, totaling over 1,500 rockets, which have killed 7 people and injured over 200″
Israeli Defense spokesperson says, “Hamas has been using a school—in close proximity to civilian buildings including a hospital—to hide a terror tunnel. We neutralized the terror tunnel so that Hamas can no longer hide behind innocent children.”
US President Biden says ‘Israel has a right to defend itself’ as Hamas-Israel conflict escalates. According to Human Rights Watch, the Hamas-controlled government of Gaza stepped up its efforts to “Islamize” Gaza in 2010, efforts that included, according to the organization, the “repression of civil society” and “severe violations of personal freedom
Jerusalem has experienced its worst violence in years, with Palestinians and Israeli police clashing in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, at the Al Aqsa Mosque, and elsewhere in the Old City. Tensions rose sharply over a looming Israeli Supreme Court decision on whether to uphold the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in Shaikh Jerrah
