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Now playing Next No Comment Gaza civilian and child share their feelings as they witness damage left by airstrikes Israeli air raids on Gaza severely damaged health, education, water, and energy facilities and left a “terrified and traumatized” population, according to Humanitarian aid agencies after a truce was decided last Thursday after 11 days of deadly hostilities 24/05/2021
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Now playing Next Israel Sheikh Jarrah: Small neighbourhood making big impact in Gaza conflict One of the sparks that lit the fuse of the latest conflict in Gaza came from a small neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, where Israeli settlers are working to evict Palestinian families. 20/05/2021
Now playing Next Israel Israel unleashes strikes after vowing to press on in Gaza The latest strikes came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back against U.S. pressure to wind down the offensive against Gaza's militant Hamas rulers, who have fired thousands of rockets at Israel. 20/05/2021
Now playing Next No Comment Israeli strike hits Gaza residential apartment Israeli strikes hit a residential apartment building in Gaza City and destroy a Hamas-run women association centre 19/05/2021