Death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip increases to 83 - ministry
The Gaza Health Ministry said that the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip has climbed to 83, including 17 children. The ministry also added that hundreds of Palestinians in the territory have been wounded in the airstrikes.
- Middle East
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 06:52 | 13 May 2021
- Modified Date: 04:43 | 13 May 2021
Ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip have killed 11 more Palestinians, taking the death toll to 83, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Fatalities include 17 children and seven women, while a total of 487 people were injured to date, the ministry statement said.
Tensions have been running high since an Israeli court last week ordered the eviction of Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and annexed the entire city in 1980, in a move that has never been recognized by the international community.
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