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Israeli planes intensify their raids on Gaza

May 12, 2023

Palestinian media said Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the Al-Baraka neighborhood in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, and agricultural land in Al-Sakna Street in Beit Hanoun, and locations in the neighborhood. of Al-Nasr in the west of Gaza, and a house east of Khan Yunis in the south of the Strip.

On the other hand, the “Quds” news network said that an Israeli site in the settlement of Nahal Oz had been the target of missile attacks from Gaza by a drone, which caused a fire.

Smoke was seen rising from inside the targeted site, while warning sirens sounded in the settlement near the Gaza Strip.

Sirens sounded after missile strikes hit areas outside Jerusalem for the first time since fighting escalated on Tuesday.

Israeli radio and television stations broadcast warnings of rocket fire towards the town of Beit Shemesh and hill areas outside Jerusalem.

Shortly after the sirens sounded, ending 12 hours of calm, the Israeli army said it had resumed shelling Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip.

Separately, clashes erupted between Palestinians and the Israeli army at the southern checkpoint of the West Bank town of Qalqilya.

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Israel “will continue to fight and defend the state and its citizens.”

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Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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