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Israeli killed by rocket in Ramat Gan; Gantz urges West Bankers: Don’t escalate

IDF fells Gaza media tower * Hamas fires non-stop at center, south, slams kids’ deaths in a building where IDF says terror heads met * Anti-Israel protests in London, Madrid, Paris

Hamas warns of more rockets on Tel Aviv, center of country

Man killed in Ramat Gan rocket strike as barrages batter center, south of Israel

55-year-old didn’t have time to reach shelter; after warning, IDF fells Gaza tower used by international news, says structure was Hamas asset; residents flee Tel Aviv beaches

Palestinians inspect the damage caused to a building in the West Bank town of Azzun, after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip impacts nearby, on May 15, 2021 (Screenshot: Twitter)

Gaza rocket aimed at Modi’in to ‘avenge’ Palestinian deaths hits West Bank town

By Emanuel Fabian

An Israeli inspects the damage to his house following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on May 15, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Rockets batter southern Israel; 10 Gazans, including kids, killed in IAF strikes

Black smoke billows after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City targeted the Intaj Bank linked to Hamas on May 14, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Netanyahu vows unrelenting response to Hamas; Arab-Jewish violence spreads

Black smoke billows after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City targeted the Intaj Bank linked to Hamas on May 14, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Israel and Hamas likely to reach ceasefire in coming days — diplomat

Fire and smoke rises from the Jala Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike after the IDF warned the occupants to leave, Gaza City, May 15, 2021 (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

IDF fells Gaza tower used by media outlets, says it housed Hamas military assets

By Emanuel Fabian

Occupants were warned and given time to leave; IDF says 12-story Al Jala building was used by Hamas intel; AP: We’re horrified; US to Israel: Safety of journalists is paramount

A 12-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister were injured late Friday, May 14, 2021, after their home in Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood was firebombed by unknown assailants. Police have launched an investigation. (Screenshot/Twitter)

Arab boy seriously hurt in firebombing of Jaffa home; riots spread across Israel

By TOI staff and Agencies

Violence flares between Arab and Jewish communities across the country; protesters clash with police in northern towns, East Jerusalem

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, as Arab residents rioted in the city on May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Shin Bet aiding attempt to clamp down on Jewish-Arab ‘terror’ wracking cities

Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai (L) and MK Itamar Ben Gvir (R). (Flash90)

Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’

LiveUpdated 8min ago

Israeli killed by rocket in Ramat Gan; Gantz urges West Bankers: Don’t escalate

IDF fells Gaza media tower * Hamas fires non-stop at center, south, slams kids’ deaths in a building where IDF says terror heads met * Anti-Israel protests in London, Madrid, Paris

Man killed in Ramat Gan rocket strike as barrages batter center, south of Israel

55-year-old didn’t have time to reach shelter; after warning, IDF fells Gaza tower used by international news, says structure was Hamas asset; residents flee Tel Aviv beaches

Gaza rocket aimed at Modi’in to ‘avenge’ Palestinian deaths hits West Bank town

By Emanuel Fabian

Rockets batter southern Israel; 10 Gazans, including kids, killed in IAF strikes

Netanyahu vows unrelenting response to Hamas; Arab-Jewish violence spreads

Israel and Hamas likely to reach ceasefire in coming days — diplomat

Fire and smoke rises from the Jala Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike after the IDF warned the occupants to leave, Gaza City, May 15, 2021 (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

IDF fells Gaza tower used by media outlets, says it housed Hamas military assets

By Emanuel Fabian

Occupants were warned and given time to leave; IDF says 12-story Al Jala building was used by Hamas intel; AP: We’re horrified; US to Israel: Safety of journalists is paramount

A 12-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister were injured late Friday, May 14, 2021, after their home in Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood was firebombed by unknown assailants. Police have launched an investigation. (Screenshot/Twitter)

Arab boy seriously hurt in firebombing of Jaffa home; riots spread across Israel

By TOI staff and Agencies

Violence flares between Arab and Jewish communities across the country; protesters clash with police in northern towns, East Jerusalem

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, as Arab residents rioted in the city on May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Shin Bet aiding attempt to clamp down on Jewish-Arab ‘terror’ wracking cities

Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai (L) and MK Itamar Ben Gvir (R). (Flash90)

Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’

Smoke billows above buildings after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City in the Gaza Strip early on May 15, 2021. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Israeli airstrike on Gaza house said to kill family of 10, mostly kids

By TOI staff and AP

Three-story house in al-Shati camp turns to rubble; Israeli TV report says leading Hamas figures were meeting in the building

Smoke billows above buildings after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City in the Gaza Strip early on May 15, 2021. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Live updates (closed)Rockets rain on south; Hamas says kids among 7 killed in Israeli strike

By Jacob Magid and TOI staff

Members of Israeli security and emergency services work on a site hit by a rocket fired from Gaza in Ramat Gan, where an Israeli man was killed, on May 15, 2021. (Gil COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

While Israel makes tactical gains, Hamas is proving the strategic victor

Four insights into a conflict which highlights that Israel’s 12-year policy of seeking to placate the Gaza monster must change

Israeli flags are ripped up and thrown from a building during a protest in London, May 15, 2021 (Screen grab/Twitter)

Israeli flags ripped, walked on as thousands attend protests in European cities

By TOI staff and Agencies

Organizers say 100,000 gathered at Israeli embassy in London; Paris police use tear gas to try and disperse illegal rally; Israeli reporter attacked in Berlin

Pro-Palestinian protesters stop a London bus as they participate in a demonstration against Israel, in central London on May 11, 2021. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

European Jews brace, yet again, for antisemitic attacks spurred by Gaza unrest

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin, May 12, 2021 (video screenshot)

Germany vows ‘no tolerance’ after Israel-flag burning outside synagogues

By AFP and TOI staff

Smoke billows after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City targeted the Ansar compound, linked to the Hamas movement, in the Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Report: IAF bombing of Hamas ‘metro’ smashed miles of tunnels; no info on deaths

By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross

Air force officer: Operations such as this likely ‘make the enemy want to stop… but we will continue to act for as long as necessary’

An explosion lights the sky following an Israeli air strike on Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

IDF: Overnight bombardment targeted Hamas’s tunnel network under Gaza City

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Gaza, amid the escalation of Palestinian and Israeli violence. May 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

With invasion that wasn’t, IDF suspected of duping foreign press to trick Hamas

By Judah Ari Gross

An explosion lights the sky following an Israeli air strike on Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip early on May 14, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Israeli air, ground forces bombard northern Gaza in heaviest strike yet

By Judah Ari Gross

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