Monday, May 17, 2021

Updates From Israel: 17-May-2021-- Erdogan: All Of Humanity Should Be United Against Israel


IDF kills senior Islamic Jihad commander

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold





Fresh barrage of rockets fired from Gaza, with sirens sounding in Ashkelon, surrounding towns

A fresh barrage of rockets has been fired from Gaza, with sirens going off in Ashkelon and over a dozen other border towns.

Fresh rocket sirens set off in at least 8 Gaza border towns

Fresh rocket sirens sound in the Gaza border towns of Gavim, Sapir College, Bror Hayil, Kfar Azza, Sderot, Ibim, Mefalsim and Nir Am.






Netanyahu says he’s directed IDF to continue striking terror targets in Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has directed the IDF to continue striking terror targets in Gaza.

“I just finished a situational assessment where I approved operational plans [for Gaza] with the defense minister, IDF chief of staff, the head of the National Security Council, the head of the Shin Bet, and the head of the Mossad.

“The directive is to continue to strike at terrorist targets. The IDF is doing well. Today, it eliminated another senior Islamic Jihad commander, hit a Hamas naval unit, and continues to strike at Hamas’s underground tunnel network along with other targets,” Netanyahu says in a statement.


IDF says it struck headquarters of Hamas Internal Security in northern Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces says it struck the headquarters of Hamas’s Internal Security in northern Gaza.

The building, located in the upscale al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City, was used by the terror group’s military intelligence operatives, the military says.



Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Pope Francis to help rally the world to adopt sanctions against Israel for its “massacre” of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Erdogan told Pope Francis in a phone call that “Palestinians will continue to be subjected to a massacre unless the international community punishes Israel… with sanctions,” the Turkish presidency says.

The pope’s messages were of “great importance to mobilize the Christian world and the international community,” the Turkish statement adds.

The pope on Sunday said the loss of innocent lives in the violence was “terrible and unacceptable,” warning that the conflict risked “degenerating into a spiral of death and destruction.”

Erdogan, who has vocally championed the Palestinian cause during his 18-year rule, has spoken out repeatedly against Israel’s actions, accusing it of waging “terrorism” last week.

He told the pope on Monday that “all of humanity should be united against” Israel, his office says.

“The savagery caused by Israel threatens regional security,” he added.







Rocket alarms in Kiryat Malachi, other southern Israeli communities

Fresh rocket warning sirens sound in numerous southern Israeli communities, including the city of Kiryat Malachi.


IDF puts out video of strike on Hamas underwater drone

The Israel Defense Forces releases video of a strike on an autonomous underwater vehicle in northern Gaza, shortly after saying it thwarted an apparent attempt by the Strip’s Hamas rulers to carry out an attack from the sea.

Rocket lands on highway in south, halting traffic

Police say a rocket fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza struck Route 34 near the southern community of Yakhini, halting traffic in both directions.

Cops urge drivers to find alternative routes.

IDF says it thwarted apparent Hamas attempt to launch attack from sea

The military says it has thwarted an apparent attempt by Hamas to carry out an attack on Israel from the sea.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, a number of operatives from the Gaza-ruling terror group were spotted today in the north of the Strip with suspected “naval diving weaponry.”

“The vessel was brought down to the beach and was apparently on its way to carry out a hostile sabotage operation toward the State of Israel’s maritime space,” an IDF statement says.

Rocket sirens in Netivot, other Israeli communities near Gaza

Rocket warning sirens are heard in the southern city of Netivot and several other communities near the Gaza Strip.

IDF says it killed Islamic Jihad commander Hussam Abu Harbeed

The Israel Defense Forces says it has assassinated Islamic Jihad commander Hussam Abu Harbeed in an airstrike today in Gaza.

Abu Harbeed, who commanded the terror group’s northern Gaza division, has led attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians for nearly 15 years, the IDF says. He was also allegedly directly responsible for anti-tank missile fire that lightly wounded an Israeli civilian last week.


Turkey’s Erdogan to pope: Israel should be sanctioned over Gaza ‘massacre’

ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Pope Francis to help end what he called Israel’s “massacre” of Palestinians, which should be punished with sanctions, his office says.

Erdogan tells the pope in a call that “Palestinians will continue to be subjected to a massacre unless the international community punishes Israel… with sanctions,” adding that the pope’s messages were of “great importance to mobilize the Christian world and the international community.”

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