JERUSALEM: Syria becomes the second country after Lebanon which fired rockets toward northern areas of the Jewish state amid the retaliation against the continuous Israeli airstrikes on oppressed Palestinians.
The rocket attacks from the West Asia country come as Israel continues air raids on Palestinian protesters which have killed more than 188 civilians, including 55 children and 33 women while 1,230 suffered injuries.
The Syrian force’s response comes days after three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon Thursday which were landed in the sea. The rockets fired from Lebanese territory however caused no damage. ‘No sirens warned of the launch’, the Israeli military said.
BREAKING: A short while ago, three rockets were fired from Lebanon into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of northern Israel.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 13, 2021
Meanwhile, Hamas has fired more than 1,000 rockets toward Israel in recent days, a barrage partially motivated by Israeli brutality which purportedly targets civilians in a bid of ethnic cleansing at the Gaza strip.
As per the latest updates, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday announced that ‘Israel will continue to strike Gaza as long as necessary while on Saturday the massive bombardment obliterated a high-rise building housing the offices of media organisations. The residence of Gaza’s Hamas chief Yehya al-Sinwar was also bombed.
⭕ LIVE footage of the moment an Israeli air raid bombed the offices of Al Jazeera and The Associated Press in Gaza City ⬇️
🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/RvtP1lEX1x pic.twitter.com/RBO1ZiDAl0
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 15, 2021
US President Joe Biden Saturday held his first telephone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas amid Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip.
In the maiden call, the US president stressed the need to cease firing rockets into Israel, and both sides expressed their shared concern that innocent civilians, including children, have tragically lost their lives amidst the ongoing violence.
Biden being a known ally of the Jewish state expressed his strong support to Israel Minister Netanyahu, saying that Israel had the right to defend itself against all military groups.
Today the President spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, reaffirmed his strong support for Israel’s right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza, and condemned these indiscriminate attacks against Israel. pic.twitter.com/baHWh1b6Q2
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 15, 2021
The eastern coast of the Mediterranean sea has seen the most intense attacks in years triggered by unrest at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which is sacred to both Muslims and Jews.
The massacre followed by illegal evictions of Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem to facilitate illegal Jewish settlers. The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is seen as occupied territory under international regulation, thus making all Jewish settlements there illegal.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday strongly condemned the ongoing barbaric Israeli attacks on Palestinians and warned against the dangerous effects of such deliberate provocations if they continue.
Resolution Adopted by The Virtual Open-Ended Extraordinary Meeting of The OIC Executive Committee at the Level of Foreign Ministers to Discuss The Aggression by Israel, The Occupying Power, in The Palestinian Territories, in Particular, Al-Quds Al-Shareef: https://t.co/kJ6nRaV5o8 pic.twitter.com/FXlXn5T7Co
— OIC (@OIC_OCI) May 16, 2021
A virtual meeting of the OIC has adopted a resolution to discuss the aggression by Israel, the occupying power, in the Palestinian territories, in particular.
A statement issued in this regard stated “Meeting resolution clearly and particularly warned about dangerous consequences of Israel’s deliberate inflammation of religious sensibilities and provocation of Palestinians and the Islamic Ummah.
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