Saturday marked the first full day of a truce that ended the fourth Israel-Hamas war in just over a decade. Expand Close A bag of foodstuffs provided by the United Nations is distributed in Gaza City (AP) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp A bag of foodstuffs provided by the United Nations is distributed in Gaza City (AP)“We thought the strike was a bit further from us. The Gaza health ministry said at least 243 Palestinians were killed, including 66 children, with 1,910 people wounded. Twelve people were killed in Israel, all but one of them civilians, including a five-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said more than 200 militants were killed, including 25 senior commanders.

Source: Irish Independent May 22, 2021 12:00 UTC