Israeli missile strike in Gaza destroys office buildings of foreign media outlets such as Al-Jazeera TV and AP
That is the beginning of the Arab-Israeli conflict
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Israel has bombed and destroyed a building in Gaza that housed foreign media outlets such as Al Jazeera TV and the AP.
The multi-storey building collapsed in the Israeli airstrikes and was completely destroyed. It had several office and residential flats.
Prior to the attack, the Israeli military had issued a warning to the owner of the building. It is said that the multi-storied building called Jala Tower will be attacked.
After that all the people were taken out of the building. No casualties were reported from the missile strike.
Al Jazeera correspondent Safwat al-Qahlut said they had broadcast many programs from the building. But in just two seconds it was wiped out.
However, the Israeli military confirmed in a tweet that the building had "Hamas military assets" in its language and was being used as a "human shield" by its occupants.
Al-Jazeera broadcast live footage of the building's destruction. "Their channel cannot be silenced," their presenter said emotionally.
Gary Pruitt, chief executive of the news agency AP, said in a statement that they were shocked and terrified by the attack.
The White House press secretary, Yen Saki, said in a statement that Israel had been contacted and asked to ensure the safety of journalists and independent media.
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and counter-rocket fire by the Palestinian Hamas group continued today.
At least 13 people were killed and several others were missing in Gaza, according to the latest reports on Saturday. Ten of the dead were from a joint family, and six were children.
Earlier, officials said seven members of two families had been killed in Israeli airstrikes on a refugee camp in Gaza.
A five-month-old baby trapped under the rubble is said to have been rescued alive, and no one else in the family survives.
The Palestinian group Hamas has fired at least 200 more rockets into southern Israel in response to Israeli airstrikes and bombings. One person was killed in the town of Ramat Gaan in Tel Aviv. Rockets hit several buildings in both cities.
At least 139 people have been killed in fighting in the Palestinian territories over the past week. Nine people have been killed in Israel.
As many as 10,000 Palestinians have fled their homes in Gaza since the conflict began on Monday.
Hadi Amr, a US ambassador to Israel, is visiting Israel to try to end the six-day Palestinian-Israeli conflict. During his visit, he will meet with Israeli, Palestinian and UN officials.
Saturday marks the anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel in 1948 and the loss of millions of Palestinian homes - and is remembered by Palestinians as "Al-Naqba" or the Day of Disaster.
Palestinians have been killed in Gaza for the past few days, but clashes broke out in the West Bank on Friday. Eleven Palestinians were killed in clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians.
Anti-Israel protests in various European cities,
Meanwhile, pro-Palestinian demonstrations were held in the French capital, Paris, in defiance of the Coronavirus ban. Protesters carried Palestinian flags and chanted anti-Israel slogans. They accused French President Macron of supporting Israeli attacks.
Thousands marched on the Israeli embassy in London.
Thousands of people gathered in the center of the Spanish capital, Madrid, to accuse Israel of genocide. There have also been protests in the German city of Berlin.
Armed Palestinian groups fired rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Monday after Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, injuring more than 300 Palestinians with batons, tear gas and rubber bullets.
In retaliation, Israel has launched airstrikes on Gaza, and at least two have been reported so far Five Palestinians have been killed - including nine children.
The Israeli military says a rocket fired from Gaza destroyed two homes in the southern city of Ashkelon. About 20 people were injured.
It is noteworthy that this is the first time since 2014 that rockets have been fired at Jerusalem from Gaza. Several rockets landed on the outskirts of the city - although no casualties were reported.
Harinder Mishra, a Jerusalem journalist, says sirens sounded several times to warn people in Jerusalem on Monday for the first time in seven years.
"The situation in the city of Jerusalem is tense. Traffic between the east and west of the city has been cut off. Lots of police at intersections and outside sensitive religious sites. Tensions are running high in Jerusalem after many years."
Israel has taken the rocket attack on Jerusalem very seriously. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Hamas has crossed the "red line" and must be punished. Soon after, the Israeli bombardment of Gaza began.
According to various Israeli media reports, the Israeli Defense Ministry has approved a proposal to deploy 5,000 reserve troops.
The United States, Europe and the United Nations have expressed concern over the new conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. It is learned that the process of mediation has also started.
Reuters quoted reliable Palestinian sources in Gaza as saying that Egypt and the United Nations had contacted Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Why this sudden conflict?
But why did this fight-violence break out anew in Kovid Pandemic?
The BBC's Jeremy Bowen in the Middle East says the conflict, which has been at the root of decades of conflict between the two sides, is still unresolved.
"Jerusalem is at the center of this conflict," he said. The new round of protests began during Ramadan with police brutality and a controversial move to oust some Palestinian families through the courts ... but it could have started for other reasons. "
At the heart of the Middle East crisis is the birth of the state of Israel in the Palestinian territories. And it began with a proclamation 100 years ago - later known as the Balfour Declaration.
Arthur Balfour's name is almost non-existent in today's British textbooks. But if you ask Israeli or Palestinian students, many of them will be able to say a few words about it.
Because the announcement made by the British Foreign Secretary on November 2, 1918, changed the course of the history of that region in the Middle East. It can be said that this is where the Arab-Israeli conflict started.
The Balfour Declaration was the first to recognize the idea of an independent state for the Jews.
The British Foreign Secretary's announcement was included in a letter he gave to Lord Walter Rothschild, a great proponent of Zionism. The Zionists demanded that the area from the Mediterranean to the east bank of the Jordan River be the historic home of the Jews, and that the Jews be given the right to self-determination.
In just 7 words, Balfour's letter states that the British government supports the creation of a state in Palestine for the Jewish people. But at the same time it is said: the civil and religious rights of the non-Jewish people who are now there should not be hindered in any way.
The language of Balfour's proclamation was deliberately obscured.
However, the Palestinians believe that this is the beginning of their conflict with Israel. This paved the way for Jewish immigrants to settle in Palestine.
Palestinians see it as a huge deception, especially when another British promise called for political and military support for the Ottoman-ruled Arab struggle for independence.
The Arabs thought the area would include Palestine, but did not specifically say so.
After World War I, the Ottoman Empire collapsed and Britain took control of the Palestinian territories. The majority of the people in the region were Arabs, but the number of Jews was also increasing.
That letter from Arthur Balfour
Arthur Balfour visited Jerusalem in 1925,
The state of Israel was finally established in 1948. The Balfour Declaration is seen as one of its most important steps, as it was part of a British mandate that was then ratified by the League of Nations.
Arthur Balfour visited Palestine in 1925. Then the Jews gave him a warm welcome.
When a teacher at a Palestinian school in Ramallah in the West Bank asked students, "Do you think Britain has committed a crime against the Palestinian people?"
Everyone raised their hands. One student said: "Yes, the declaration was invalid because Palestine was still part of the Ottoman Empire and was not under British control. Even though the Arabs are 90 percent, Britain thinks they are a minority."
The Israelis, on the other hand, viewed Balfour's announcement positively. Balfuria is a village in northern Israel.
The British government has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to mark the centenary of the announcement.
Angry Palestinians living in Britain have taken to the streets in protest. They are demanding that Britain apologize for the Balfour declaration.
Palestinian Education Minister Sabri Saidam says Palestine They still want an independent state for themselves - this "two-state" plan has the support of the international community. "Now is the time for Palestine to become independent and fulfill its promises," he said.
Why is Haram Al-Sharif such a sensitive place?
Violence erupted in East Jerusalem a few days ago as Israeli authorities tightened security with metal-detectors on the way to the Haram al-Sharif - which angered Palestinian Muslims. Three Palestinians and three Israelis were killed in the violence. Many more were injured.
Because this place is sacred to the three religions - Islam, Christianity and Judaism - and it has been a source of tension for hundreds of years. To the Jews, the Haram al-Sharif area is called the Temple Mount and is the holiest site in their religion.
The Jews believe that it was here that the Prophet Abraham brought his son Ishmael to be sacrificed. Here was the first and second holy temple of the Jews - which was destroyed by the Roman forces in 60 AD. There was also a Christian basilica that was destroyed at the same time.
Only the west wall of that temple still survives, and it is now the place of Jewish religious prayer.
On the other hand, it is 'Haram Al-Sharif' for Muslims and the third holiest place in Islam. The Muslims of the first period used to offer prayers before returning to Makkah.
The first small mosque was built here by Omar, the second caliph of Islam, and the first large mosque was built in 605 AD.
After being destroyed twice in two earthquakes, it was later rebuilt. The present mosque was built in 1035.
Not far away is the 'Dome of the Rock' or 'Qubbat al-Shakhra' with its golden dome. Destroying the Jewish temple, the Romans built a temple to the god Jupiter here - where the Dome of the Rock was built in 61 during the reign of the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik.
When the Crusaders occupied the site in 1099, they used the Dome of the Rock as a church and Al-Aqsa as a palace, stables and offices for the Knights Templar.
Inside the Atkona Dome of the Rock is the stone foundation from which Muslims believe that the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, went to Miraj.
Jordan controlled it before Israel occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank in 1967. Now East Jerusalem is occupied by Israel. However, Al-Aqsa, or Temple Mount, is controlled or managed by a Jordanian-Palestinian waqf organization.
Now Israelis can go to the Temple Mount area, but it is forbidden for them to pray here.
The Palestinians are calling the metal detector that the Israeli authorities have installed here a violation of waqf authority and an example of Israeli occupation.
But Israel wants to show it as a precautionary measure, as two Israeli policemen were killed in an attack in the mosque area a week ago. But Israeli activity in the al-Aqsa area has almost always sparked protests and violence.
A controversial visit by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to al-Aqsa marked the start of a second Palestinian "intifada" or mass uprising - in which more than 4,000 people are thought to have been killed.
This place is so sensitive that no one can guarantee whether any violent incident here will eventually lead to another intifada.
In the past few weeks, anger has spread among Palestinians over a controversial decision to evict four Palestinian families from the Arab-inhabited area of East Jerusalem, Sheikh Jarrah.
The land on which Sheikh Zara has been occupied by the four Palestinian families for nearly 70 years - is suddenly claimed by some extremist Jews. The Jerusalem city authorities and a lower court in the city agreed.
From there, the anger of the Palestinians began,
Doubts have long been raised among Palestinians that the Israeli right is determined to evict them from Jerusalem by deception, and that the decision to evict the four families from Sheikh Zarah is part of that plan.
Sheikh Zarah and various places in the Old City of Jerusalem have been the scene of sporadic clashes with Palestinian teenagers over the past few weeks, with Lehaba and members of some more extremist Jewish organizations.
Meanwhile, the situation became more murky when the police imposed some restrictions on Palestinians in Jerusalem at the beginning of Ramadan.
For example, many Palestinians have been breaking their fast in the evening at the Damascus Gate in the old city during Ramadan. This time the Israeli police banned it - which caused outrage. Adding to that is the excitement over the ‘Jerusalem Day’ parade of hardline Jews.
Every year, Israeli right-wingers celebrate the capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 war with the Arabs. On May 10 each year, thousands of Jews march through the Palestinian territories of East Jerusalem.
This year the day accidentally fell inside the rosary. The Palestinians wanted the route of the procession to be changed this time. But neither the Israeli police nor the city authorities listened, which angered the Palestinians. However, a last-minute decision on Monday barred the procession from entering the Palestinian territories.
Links to Israeli politics,
Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque premises on Monday morning, then Israel that night The threat posed by rockets to Israel and the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza has not been seen since 2016.
Journalist Harinder Mishra says the complete stagnation in peace talks over the years and the economic pressure that many people have faced due to the Kovid pandemic has also created anger and frustration among many people, which, he said, has increased the risk of conflict. Israel's domestic politics are also working behind the conflict, he said. Mixed.
For the past two years, no party has won a single majority in Israeli elections. After the last election, Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a government with the help of his partner, but the president gave the opportunity to Yar Lapid, the leader of the opposition Yes Audit party, to form a government.
Harinder Mishra said, "If we want to form a government, we need the support of the Arab parties. Lapid. He was trying to do that. Now that the events in Jerusalem, the eviction of Palestinian families, the Arab parties are no longer willing to talk. After Monday, Mr. Lapid and his current allies will now have no choice but to support the government and the army. "
As a result, the formation of the coalition government. Lapid's attempt is at risk. So, Harinder Mishra thinks that Mr. Netanyahu will definitely get the political benefit of this ongoing conflict.
Now under the pressure of the situation. If Lapid fails to form an alliance, there is a possibility of another round of elections in Israel. And the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians may help Netanyahu in that election. Source: BBC
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