Violence escalates between Israel and Palestinians

Rockets fired towards Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip light up the sky on May 14.

Mourners pray over the bodies of 17 Palestinians who were killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on May 16, 2021.

Over the last week, at least 188 Palestinians — including 55 children — have been killed in Gaza, the latest figures from its health ministry show. In Israel, 10 people have been killed. Hundreds have been wounded on both sides.

A Palestinian man covers his face as families wait outside Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital to hear about their wounded loved ones following the sixth night of massive Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on May 16.

A Palestinian boy pulls a cart carrying his brother and their belongings as they flee their home during Israeli air and artillery strikes in Gaza City on May 14.

Israeli border police swing their batons at Muslim worshippers gathered for Friday prayers at the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on May 14.

Palestinians perform funeral prayers on May 16 for a member of the al-Kulak family, who was killed during an Israeli strike in Gaza City.

A man inspects the damaged wall of a residential building after being hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, Israel, on May 14.

A Palestinian paramedic approaches a body buried in the rubble of a collapsed house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike the previous day in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 13.

Smoke billows from an explosion as another bomb, top, falls during an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2021.

The tiny, impoverished enclave is home to 2 million Palestinians.

Mourners carry the body of Majd Abu Saadahthe, a Palestinian killed in an Israeli airstike, during his funeral in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 12.

At least 87 Palestinians and seven Israelis have been killed as the Israeli military and the militant group Hamas continue to exchange barrages of airstrikes and rocket attacks, officials on either side said.

Palestinians gather around the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes on May 13 in the Gaza Strip.

Mourners attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Omer Tabib, 21, in Elyakim, northern Israel, on May 13. Tabib was killed when Palestinian militants in Gaza fired an anti-tank missile near the border, the army said, amid tit-for-tat rocket fire and airstrikes.

Israeli soldiers fire a 155mm self-propelled howitzer towards the Gaza Strip from their position near the southern Israeli city of Sderot on May 13.

Smoke billows from an Israeli airstrike on the Hanadi compound in Gaza City, that is controlled by Hamas, on May 11.

A resident looks at the rubble of their home in Yehud, central Israel, on May 12, after rockets were fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip.

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip on May 12.

A mother mourns over her son, Rasheed Abu Arra, who was killed in clashes with Israeli forces, during his funeral in Aqqaba, near the West Bank town of Tubas, on May 12.

People gather at the site of a collapsed building in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City on May 11.

Mourners carry the coffin of of Khalil Awaad, an Israeli Arab, and his daughter, Nadine, 16, during their funeral in Dahmash, near the Israeli city of Lod, on May 12. 

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit their house early Wednesday.

Fire rages early May 12 at a refinery in Ashkelon, Israel, hit by Hamas rockets the previous day.

Mourners attend the funeral of Rashid Abu Ara, 16, who was killed during clashes with Israeli troops in the village of Aqaba near Nablus, West Bank, on May 12.

Rescuers evacuate an elderly woman from a building following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City on May 12.

A fire rages at sunrise in Khan Yunis following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip on May 12.

People take cover under a bridge in Tel Aviv on May 11 after rockets were launched toward Israel from the Gaza Strip.

Jacob Simona stands by his burning car during clashes between Israeli Arabs and police in Lod, Israel, on May 11.

Mourners comfort the mother of Hussein Hamad, 11, during his funeral in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on May 11.

Israel's Iron Dome aerial defense system intercepts a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip over Ashkelon, Israel, on May 11.

Palestinians evacuate a building targeted by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on May 11.

Burned cars in the town of Holon on May 11 after rockets were launched toward Israel from the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers fire tear gas at Palestinian demonstrators at the Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem in the West Bank on May 11.

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