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الحرب على غزة، أيار 2021
Date qualified10–21 May 2021
Gaza City · Gaza Strip · Jerusalem
After weeks of confrontation in Jerusalem, over al-Aqsa Mosque and the threatened eviction of families in Sheikh Jarrah, fighting broke out between Israel and the armed factions in Gaza on 10 May 2021. In eleven days, the Gaza Health Ministry reported, 248 people were killed in Gaza, among them 66 children; eleven Israeli civilians and one soldier were reported killed.
Linked context in the legacy record
Linked context in the legacy record
Linked context in the legacy record
In late April and early May 2021, Israeli police actions against worshippers at al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan and renewed threats to evict Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah, in East Jerusalem, came together with the Palestinian Authority’s decision of 29 April to postpone the Legislative Council elections. On 10 May, the last day of Ramadan, as right-wing Israelis marked Israel’s 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem, clashes with the police on the Haram left dozens of Palestinians injured. Hamas gave Israel until 6 p.m. to withdraw its troops, police and settlers from the compound and from Sheikh Jarrah; when the deadline passed, the factions in Gaza fired rockets into Israel, and that evening Israel began striking the Gaza Strip.
Link to this chapterPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Highlight text (Ahmad Samih Khalidi)
Editorial paraphrase · enAl-Aqsa, Sheikh Jarrah and the postponed elections; the ultimatum of 10 May; rockets from Gaza and Israeli strikes that evening.
Link to this citationFor eleven days Israeli air strikes met rocket fire from Gaza. Israel brought down high-rise buildings in Gaza City, among them, on 15 May, the al-Jalaa building, which housed the Associated Press and Al Jazeera; a strike on the al-Rimal neighbourhood on 16 May killed 42 civilians. Israel’s mixed cities saw unprecedented protests by its Palestinian citizens. The fighting ended with a ceasefire on 21 May, brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the UN.
Link to this chapterPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Highlight text (Ahmad Samih Khalidi)
Editorial paraphrase · enThe al-Jalaa building destroyed on 15 May; 42 civilians killed in al-Rimal on 16 May; protests in the mixed cities; the ceasefire of 21 May brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the UN.
Link to this citationOn 21 May the Gaza Health Ministry reported 248 people killed in Gaza, among them 66 children, 39 women and 17 elderly people, and 1,948 injured. Eleven Israeli civilians and one soldier were reported killed. Some 1,000 buildings were destroyed, according to UN estimates, and UNICEF estimated that half of Gaza’s water network was damaged.
Link to this chapterPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Highlight text (Ahmad Samih Khalidi)
Editorial paraphrase · enThe Health Ministry’s toll of 21 May: 248 killed, including 66 children, 39 women and 17 elderly, 1,948 injured; eleven Israeli civilians and one soldier killed; some 1,000 buildings destroyed (UN); half the water network damaged (UNICEF).
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photograph · Wikimedia Commons
The photograph shown with this event: A street in Gaza City, 18 May 2021.
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article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
Overview by Ahmad Samih Khalidi, Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question (Institute for Palestine Studies).
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photograph · Wikimedia Commons
The photograph shown with this event: A family sheltering in an UNRWA school, 17 May 2021.
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