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The death toll is mounting on both sides after three days of cross-border violence between Israel and militants on the Gaza strip. The most intense clashes in years have so far left at least four Israelis and 23 Palestinians dead. The Israeli army says more than 600 rockets have been fired into Israeli territory since Saturday, while it has hit 320 targets in response. Parts of the international community, including the UN, have called for calm. Reports on Sunday night suggest the UN, Qatar and Egypt are trying to broker a ceasefire. Palestinian territories profile On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to "continue its massive strikes on terror elements" in Gaza. Israel has said its air defence has intercepted more than 150 rockets so far. Mr Netanyahu says the country's forces around the strip would be "stepped up with tank, artillery and infantry forces". As rockets continue to fall in Israel, all schools within 40km (25 miles) of the Gaza strip have been closed and some shelters have opened to the public. What do we know about casualties? Four people have so far died from the violence in Israel: A 58-year-old man died from injuries in a rocket strike on a house in Ashkelon on Saturday night A worker died in Ashkelon on Sunday when a rocket hit a factory Another man, 67, was killed when his car was apparently struck by an anti-tank missile A fourth person, who was in his early 20s, was killed in the southern city of Ashdod The funeral for one Israeli casualty, Moshe Agadi, was held on Sunday The Gaza Health Ministry says 23 Palestinians have died across the weekend. Most of the deaths came on Sunday. The Islamic Jihad group said seven of the dead were its members. Civilians, including a 12-year-old boy and two pregnant women were also among those reportedly killed. Israel has contested the account of the death of one woman and her 14-month-old niece on Saturday. They blamed their deaths on a Palestinian rocket that fell short of its target. On Sunday, the Israeli military admitted a targeted assassination of a Hamas commander named Hamed Hamdan al-Khodari - sharing a video of the apparent moment they hit his car. The sites Israel says has destroyed include a multi-storey building in Gaza City, which it said included Hamas intelligence offices. Turkey said its state news agency Anadolu had an office there. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called Israeli strikes on civilians "a crime against humanity". On Sunday night, Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said in a statement that "returning to a state of calm is possible" if Israel committed to a "complete ceasefire". How did the latest violence develop? It began on Friday, during protests in Gaza against the blockade of the area - which Israel says is needed to stop weapons reaching militants. A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded two Israeli soldiers at the boundary fence. Israel retaliated with an air strike that killed two militants. The rocket barrage from Gaza began on Saturday morning. Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system shot down dozens of the rockets, but a number of homes in Israeli towns and villages were hit. How does the flare-up in violence compare? It is the one of the most surges in violence since the conflict of July and August 2014. In that year, Israel launched a ground offensive on Gaza following the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers. The conflict resulted in the death of 67 Israeli soldiers. Hamas and its allies launched more than 4,500 rocket strikes that killed six civilians in Israel. On the Palestinian side, 2,251 people, including 1,462 civilians, were killed in the seven-week conflict, according to the UN. Since then, Palestinian militants have continued to carry out sporadic strikes on Israel. In a previous wave this year, in March, several rockets were fired into southern Israel, triggering raids on Gaza by the Israeli air force. No fatalities were reported on either side. In early April a ceasefire was brokered by Egypt, but Hamas and allied militant groups later accused Israel of violating its terms. What has the reaction been? Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, has condemned the recent violence and said the UN is working with both sides to calm the violence. Skip Twitter post by @nmladenov I condemn the continuing launching of rockets from #Gaza. Enough #Palestinian and #Israeli lives have been lost, people injured, houses damaged and destroyed! It is time to de-escalate and return to the understandings of the past few months before it is too late. — Nickolay E. MLADENOV (@nmladenov) May 5, 2019 In a statement, UN Chief Antonio Guterres has condemned "in the strongest terms" rockets being launched into Israel. "He urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint, immediately de-escalate and return to the understandings of the past few months," the statement added. Speaking on Fox News on Sunday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Israelis have "every right to defend themselves" from rocket attacks. "I hope we can return to the ceasefire that had been in place for weeks and had been holding significantly before this," he added. The European Union on Sunday called for rocket fire to "stop immediately". Iran's foreign minister, condemned what he labelled as Israel's "savage" attacks on Gaza, while also hitting out at "unlimited American support" of Israel. Save the Children has said it has had to suspend all but essential programs in the Gaza strip. Jeremy Stoner, their Middle East Regional Director, said the group were "deeply alarmed" by rapidly rising casualties on both sides, and called for de-escalation. BBC
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इजरायलका प्रधानमन्त्री बेन्जामिन नेतान्याहूले प्यालेस्टिाइनमाथिको हवाई हमला जारी रहने बताएको केही घण्टापछि सोमबार पनि इजरायलको सेनाले गाजा पट्टीमा हवाई हमलालाई जारी राखेको छ । गाजा सहरको उत्तरदेखि दक्षिणसम्म अझ सशक्तरुपमा बमबारी गरिएको छ । आइतबार मात्र इजरायलको हवाई हमलामा एकै दिन ४२ जना प्यालेस्टाइनी नागरिकले ज्यान गुमाएका थिए । एक हप्ता अघि सुरु भएको हिंसामा हालसम्मको इजरायलको कारवाहीमा ५८ जना बालबालिका र ३४ जना महिलासहित कम्तिमा १९२ जनाले ज्यान गुमाइसकेका छन् । यसअघि, गाजापट्टीमा शासन गर्ने हमास समुहले इजरायली सहर अस्केलन र बेरसेबामा रकेट प्रहार गर्दा २ जना बालबालिकासहित १० जनाको मृत्यु भएको थियो । पछिल्लो २० वर्षमा इजरायली सेनाले ३ हजारभन्दा बढी प्यालेस्टाइनी बालबालिकाको हत्या गरिसकेको छ । इजरायल–प्यालेस्टानइन तनावबारे छलफल गर्न संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघको सुरक्षा परिषद् बैठक आइतबार बसे पनि एउटा संयुक्त विज्ञप्ति निकाल्ने विषयमा समेत सहमति हुन सकेन । चीनले संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाले परिषद्लाई एक मत भएर बोल्न अवरोध पुर्याएको आरोप लगाएको छ । बाइडेनको समर्थन इजरायललाई प्यालेस्टाइनी नागरिक मारिने संख्या बढ्दै जाँदा अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति जो बाइडेनले पछिल्लो तनावलाई सम्हाल्न खेलेको भूमिकाको आलोचना भइरहेको छ । एकै परिवारका १० सदस्य मारिएको तथा अल जजिरा, एसोसिएटेड प्रेस लगायत समाचार संस्था रहेको ११ तल्ले भवन ध्वस्त भएको दिन बाइडेनले पुनः इजरायलप्रति समर्थन व्यक्त गरे । शनिबार अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपतिले इजरायलका प्रधानमन्त्री नेतान्याहूसँग टेलिफोन गरेर हमासको रकेट आक्रमणविरुद्ध आफ्नो रक्षा गर्ने अधिकारलाई आफ्नो पूर्ण समर्थन रहेको दोहोर्याएको ह्वाइट हाउसले जनाएको छ । तनाव कम गर्न आग्रह गरे पनि वासिङटनले तत्काल आक्रमण बन्द गर्न भने भनेन । पछिल्लो तनाव कसरी भड्कियो ? गाजापट्टीमा केही दिनदेखि चलिरहेको भीषण बमबारी २०१४ मा गाजामा भएको इजरायली युद्ध यता अहिलेको आक्रमण सबैभन्दा ठूलो हो । शेख जर्राह विस्थापन ईजरायलको पूर्वी जेरुसलेम नजिकको शेख जर्राहबाट प्यालेस्टाइनी परिवारलाई जर्बजस्ती हटाइएपछि आक्रोश बढ्दो छ, यी जनताले १९७२ देखि विभिन्न संस्थाहरूद्वारा हालिएका मुद्दाहरु सामना गरिरहेका छन् । प्यालेस्टाइनी परिवार बसेको जमिन वास्तविक रुपमा यहुदीको स्वात्मिवमा रहेको ती संस्थाको दाबी छ । तर जेरुसलेमबाट प्यालेस्टाइनी हटाउने र यसलाई यहुदी बहुसंख्यक यहुदीहरुको शहरका रुपमा परिचित गराउने आधिकारीक इजरायली नीतिको विस्तारितस्वरुपका रुपमा प्यालेस्टाइनीहरुले यस कदमलाई हेरेका छन् । योजनाबद्ध विस्थापनले ‘युद्ध अपराध’ निम्त्याउनसक्ने चेतावनी संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघले दिएको छ । अप्रिलको अन्त्यदेखि प्यालेस्टाइनी जनता र इजरायली पुलिसबीचको द्वन्द्व निरन्तर बढेको थियो । अक्टुबर २०२० मा इजरायली अदालतले चारवटा प्यालेस्टाइनी परिवारले आफ्नो घर खाली गर्नुपर्ने आदेश सुनाएको थियो, उनीहरुलाई घर छाड्नका लागि २ मेसम्मको समयसीमा तोकिएको थियो । तर अदालतले यो समयसीमा त्यसयता दुईपटक थपिसकेको छ । भर्खरै मात्र रमादनको व्रत तोड्दै इफ्तरको भोजका लागि प्यालेस्टाइनीहरु भेला भएका बेला त्यहाँ झडप निम्तियो, उनीहरुलाई घरबाट निकालियो । त्यसयता यी परिवारले इजरायलको सर्वोच्च अदालतमा उजूरी दिएका छन् । बिहीबार राति कम्तिमा ३० जना घाइते भए र १५ जना पक्राउ परे । इजरायली हवाई हमला, हमासको रकेट आक्रमण इजरायली सेनाका अनुसार हमासले मंगलबार बिहानसम्म झन्डै २ सयवटा रकेट इजरायलतर्फ पठाएको थियो, यसमध्ये धेरैलाई ईजरायली आइरन डोम डिफेन्स सिस्टमले असफल बनायो, जेरुसलेममा धेरै निशाना साँधिएको थियो । घटनामा कम्तिमा दुईजना इजरायली मारिए । यही दिन इजरायलले गरेको हवाई हमलाले अपार्टमेन्ट भवनहरुसहित अन्य धेरै ठाउँमा निशाना बनायो, घटनामा बालबालिकासहित कम्तिमा २६ जना प्यालेस्टाइनी मारिएको गाजाका स्वास्थ अधिकारीहरुले मंगलबार जानकारी दिए । युद्धविरामका लागि अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय आग्रह आएपनि इजरायली प्रधानमन्त्री बेन्जामिन नेतान्याहुले मंगलबार गाजामा आक्रमणको फ्रिक्वेन्सी अझै बढ्ने घोषणा गरे । इजरायलले आक्रमण बढाएमा त्यसको सामना गर्न आफ्नो समूह तयार रहेको हमासका नेता ईस्मेल हानियाले जवाफ दिए । ‘यदी उनीहरु युद्ध चाहन्छन् भने प्रतिरोधका लागि तयार छौँ र यदी उनीहरु आक्रमण बन्द गर्न चाहन्छन् भने प्रतिरोध तयार छ,’ उनले भने । मध्यपूर्वका शान्ति प्रक्रियाका लागि संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघका विशेष संयोजक टोर विन्निसल्यान्डले अहिलेको अवस्था ‘पूर्ण स्केलको युद्धतर्फ’ अघि बढिरहेको चेतावनी दिएका छन् ।