Sole COVID-19 testing lab in Gaza hit by strikes as diplomatic efforts intensify

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GAZA: The UN Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday (May 18) amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming ...

Explosions light-up the night sky above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli forces shell the Palestinian enclave, early on May 18, 2021. GAZA: The UN Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming hostilities between Israel and armed Palestinian groups that have left more than 200 dead.

Tuesday's emergency UN Security Council session - the fourth since the conflict escalated - was called after the United States, a key Israel ally,Advertisement Hospitals in the poverty-stricken territory, which has been under Israeli blockade for almost 15 years, have been overwhelmed by patients. Palestinian militants have fired about 3,350 rockets toward Israel in the heaviest exchange of fire in years.Palestinian medics run amidst debris on the ground during Israeli air strikes on Gaza City on May 17, 2021.

 

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Y'all... Hamas isn't hiding inside a damn testing lab :/

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