Clashes break out in places like Jerusalem every year during the Muslim month of Ramadan (April 13 to May 13 this year), when predominantly Arab Palestine and Predominantly Jewish Israel break out, but this year's conflict is particularly severe.
When will jerusalem be at peace under the shadow of rockets and air strikes? Will the map of the Middle East change? What role does the United States, which has expressed its support for Israel's legitimate rights, play in this?
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The Israeli army killed the Hamas commander
Tel Aviv was attacked
Tensions have intensified since 13 April as Israel restricted Palestinian access to parts of Jerusalem during Ramadan and attempted to drive some Palestinians out of their homes.
On the 10th, Hamas fired more than 200 rockets into Israel, and the Israeli army returned fire, striking more than 130 targets in the Gaza Strip, killing 26 people, including 9 children, and injuring about 122 others. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has escalated into the worst conflict between the two sides in two years. (Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip kills 24 Palestinians, including 9 children)
On the 11th, israeli forces attacked a number of Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip and said that they had successfully killed one of the opposing commanders; Hamas fired hundreds of rockets at Tel Aviv, Israel's second largest city, in retaliation that night. That night, sirens rang throughout Tel Aviv. The military iron dome air defense system intercepted rockets, and the murderous weapons flew in the air like fireflies, and explosions continued to appear in mid-air, and the battle was fierce.
Rockets hit the Holon area south of Tel Aviv, several cars caught fire and at least one person was killed in the city. A pipeline in the southern city of Ashkelon was damaged by a bullet, but the power supply was not affected for the time being.
Earlier in the day, Israeli forces launched a fierce attack on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, and a building in the Gaza Strip exploded with a large amount of smoke and then collapsed. The collapsed building is known to have been home to the offices of several senior Hamas military officers.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called an emergency meeting. The Israeli army announced that it would send additional troops to the Gaza border, and the minister of defense has ordered the mobilization of 5,000 reserve soldiers. Netanyahu warns that the power and density of the attack will be increased.
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The international community has called for the de-escalation of the conflict
The situation in the Middle East may usher in new changes
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has attracted widespread attention from the international community.
On May 10, local time, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, presided over the meeting as Chairman-in-Office of the Security Council in May. Zhang Jun said that China condemns violence against civilians, calls on all parties to exercise restraint, and stresses that in the face of the current tense situation, the Security Council should reaffirm its commitment and firm support for the "two-state solution" and call for promoting the cooling of the situation and maintaining peace and stability.
On the 11th, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern about the escalating conflict between the Palestinian and Israeli sides since Ramadan. Guterres called for Israeli security forces to exercise maximum restraint and accurately measure the level of use of force.
Palestinian officials say Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations are trying to mediate. In Islamic countries such as Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, many people marched in the streets to oppose Israel's violent attacks on Palestinians.
According to Palestinian Red Crescent Society statistics, between 7 and 10 May, more than 1,100 Palestinians were injured in the clashes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and some 20 on the Israeli side, mainly members of the Israeli security forces. Du Ping, a commentator on current affairs on Phoenix Satellite TV, believes that due to the fact that more Palestinians have been killed and injured in this conflict, or more Arab countries will unite on the Palestinian side, the situation in the Middle East may change.
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The American characters are intriguing
Trump planted the "big pit"
The White House said on the 11th that President Biden was listening to briefings on developments in Jerusalem and Gaza every day, and instructed the team to conduct in-depth contacts with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, as well as leaders in the Middle East. It is reported that US Secretary of State Blinken spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Ashkenazy on the 11th, condemning Hamas's rocket attack on Israel and calling on all parties to exercise restraint.
White House spokesman Psaki said the Biden administration called on the Palestinians and Israelis to de-escalate the conflict while expressing support for Israel to defend its legitimate rights. The White House reiterated on the same day that it will continue to support the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the "two-state solution".
White House spokesman Psaki: "We condemn the continued rocket attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups, including against Jerusalem. We also reject the violence that extremism has caused to both societies. ”
Regarding the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Li Shaoxian, dean of the China Arab Studies Institute at Ningxia University, believes that this is the embodiment of the evil consequences of former US President Trump's extreme favoritism toward Israel in the past four years of his administration.
Source: Phoenix Satellite TV Information Station, Phoenix Global Connection
Edit: Li Wei