### [2021-05-16](/feed/2021/05/16/index.md)

##### 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
# Israel continues airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing several people, including 42 in Gaza City, the deadliest single attack in a week. The total death toll there rises to 192 people, including 58 children and 34 women. 

Israeli air strikes on Gaza City kill at least 42 people on Sunday in the deadliest single attack in 7 days.


### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/16/more-deaths-gaza-israel-launches-most-intense-raids-yet) [Image](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_21136469384118.jpg?resize=1200%2C630)

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1. Israel continues airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing several people, including 37 in Gaza City. The total death toll there rise to 188 people killed, including 55 children and 33 women.  _2021-05-16 15:06:10 (First version)_
1. Israel continues airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing several people, including 42 in Gaza City, the deadliest single attack in a week. The total death toll there rises to 192 people, including 58 children and 34 women.  _(Current version)_

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1. [The death toll in Gaza from the Israeli airstrikes rises to 145 people, including forty-one children. A second refugee camp is also bombed, after another was bombed yesterday resulting in multiple deaths. At least 950 people are wounded, while two protesters are killed in the West Bank. The headquarters of many media organisations in Gaza, including Al Jazeera and the Associated Press, are destroyed by bombings. A man also dies in Ramat Gan, in Tel Aviv District, during a rocket attack; another person is also killed in another city, bringing the death toll there to 10. ](/feed/2021/05/15/the-death-toll-in-gaza-from-the-israeli-airstrikes-rises-to-145-people-including-forty-one-children-a-second-refugee-c.md) _Context: 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, Gaza Strip, Israel, airstrike_
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3. [Thirty-seven more Palestinian civilians are killed after further airstrikes are executed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to 69. Among the victims are a five-year-old child and their parents, who died when a residential building collapsed, while five more are farmers killed at their farms. The number of children killed rises to seventeen. At least 390 people have also been injured. The main Palestinian headquarters and all of the police stations in Gaza are destroyed by the strikes. Protests also erupt in the West Bank, resulting in the deaths of three protesters. ](/feed/2021/05/12/thirty-seven-more-palestinian-civilians-are-killed-after-further-airstrikes-are-executed-by-israel-in-the-gaza-strip-br.md) _Context: 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, Gaza Strip, Israel, airstrike_
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5. [Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip including Hamas fire barrages of rockets at Israeli cities and towns near the Gaza border, as well as seven toward Jerusalem, injuring one person. Israel retaliates with airstrikes in Gaza killing 24 people and wounding 103 others. Nine children and a Hamas leader are among the dead. ](/feed/2021/05/10/palestinian-groups-in-the-gaza-strip-including-hamas-fire-barrages-of-rockets-at-israeli-cities-and-towns-near-the-gaza.md) _Context: 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, Gaza Strip, Israel_
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7. [In response to mortar fire, an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip kills three suspected militants. ](/feed/2014/03/11/in-response-to-mortar-fire-an-israeli-airstrike-in-the-gaza-strip-kills-three-suspected-militants.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Israel_
8. [Two Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are reportedly close to death, having refused to eat for 74 days. A further 1,600 prisoners have been on hunger strike since 17 April. Leaders of the strikers wait for a response from the Israeli Prison Service to calls for negotiation on issues such as the allowing of family visits for prisoners from Gaza and the ending of the use of extended solitary confinement. ](/feed/2012/05/12/two-palestinians-held-in-israeli-prisons-are-reportedly-close-to-death-having-refused-to-eat-for-74-days-a-further-16.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Israel_
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