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Added on the 18/12/2021 18:42:50 - Copyright : AFP EN
Heavy rain floods tents in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, at a makeshift camp set up by people fleeing the ongoing fighting between Israel and the militant group Hamas. IMAGES
The United States deplores the shelling on a UN shelter in Gaza that killed nine people, and calls again for civilians to be protected in the bloody war with Israel, a State Department spokesman says. "We deplore today's attack on the UN's Khan Yunis training center," spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Sirens sound in Tel Aviv and people run to take shelter as rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Palestinians walk along destroyed streets near the Feras market in Gaza City. The Israeli army said it bombed scores of targets in the Gaza Strip as diplomats pressed on with efforts to halt the fighting that Hamas says has killed 20,000 people in the Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Israelis take cover on the side of a road as the rocket siren sounds over Tel Aviv. Israeli forces were engaged in "fierce battles" with Hamas militants inside the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the army said, as it continued to pummel the Palestinian territory with air and artillery strikes. IMAGES
Patients rush to take shelter after rocket siren sounds in the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem. Rocket alert sirens blared and several blasts were heard from within the city, amid the war raging with Hamas militants in Gaza. IMAGES