Truce hopes slim with conflict in 12th month
China DailyPalestinians check houses destroyed by Israeli warplanes in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip on Friday. Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of 48 hours, medics said on Saturday. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz responded by saying that Erdogan "continues to throw the Turkish people into the fire of hatred and violence for the sake of his Hamas friends". A gunman opened fire on Sunday at the Allenby Bridge, a key crossing point between the West Bank and Jordan, killing three people before being shot dead by Israeli forces, Israeli officials said. Lebanon's health ministry said three emergency personnel were killed and two others wounded in an Israeli attack on a civil defense team putting out fires in south Lebanon.