The Middle East conflict has been escalating to new heights for days. A reporter now speaks of the “most massive attack on Tel Aviv”.
Frankfurt / Tel Aviv – The conflict in the Middle East continues to worsen. Both Palestinian militants and the Israeli army use numerous rockets for bombing. In Tel Aviv, the scene of the escalation on the Israeli side, the sirens wail regularly. In this way, the population is warned of new attacks and sent to protective bunkers.
Germany has been receiving pictures of damage from massive explosions for days. For example, Mike Lingenfelser reports regularly as a correspondent for ARD on site. He commented on a live switch in social networks on Friday night (May 14th, 2021) with the words: “I will not forget this switch anytime soon.” He speaks of the “most massive rocket attack on Tel Aviv.” Dozens of interceptor missiles are in the sky to see, says Lingenfelser.
Middle East conflict escalates: Palestinians fire 1,800 rockets
An Israeli army spokesman said that since Monday evening (May 10, 2021) a total of 1,800 rockets had been fired by militant Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The military tries to defuse many of them with an interception system. The success rate of the Israeli umbrella “Iron Dome” is 90 percent, according to the spokesman.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army bombed around 750 targets in the Gaza Strip in the past few days. According to her, these were military targets such as arms factories or the homes of Hamas commanders. The Israeli army estimates that more than 30 leaders of militant Palestinian organizations such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad have been killed in the attacks.
“We are experiencing another dangerous escalation of the situation here – the outcome is uncertain.”
According to both sides, 127 people have died since the conflict flared up again. The Israeli air strikes killed 119 Palestinians, including 31 children, said the Hamas-led Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip. In Israel the number of dead rose to eight. (tu / dpa)
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