11 children killed in airstrike
EU countries have joined the US in calling on Israeli and Palestinian authorities to agree a truce as violence in the region continues.
Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry says 217 people have died in bombings, since last Monday.
Israel says two Thai workers were killed by a Hamas bomb fired from the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Air Force says its planes have attacked six Palestinian rocket launching positions.
11 children receiving trauma counselling, from the Norwegian Refugee Council, have been killed in an air strike.
The Fourth Israel-Hamas War:
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2021
• Israeli airstrikes have killed at least six people across Gaza and destroyed the home of a large extended family.
• Southern towns now being targeted by Israel amid continuing rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled territory. https://t.co/AXNCtGdr4V
Deputy Major of Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, claims Israel would face genocide if they let Hamas win:
Mazen Naim from the Save the Children charity lives in the Palestinian territory, and says everyone is scared:
Green Party MEP, Grace O'Sullivan, is calling for the international community to do all it can to stop the fighting:
Finding it hard to keep my emotions in check here.
— Grace O'Sullivan (@GraceOSllvn) May 18, 2021
Palestinians need deeds not words.
Today I called on the EU to use power as Israel's biggest trade partner + stop rewarding illegal treatment of #Palestine 🇵🇸
🇪🇺& 🇮🇪 must show leadership + commitment to
two-state solution. pic.twitter.com/1SaoYRCXkL
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