Calls for ceasefire mount as airstrikes on Gaza intensify

Image:Image: Abed Rahim Khatib via Shutterstock: Palestinians inspect the damage caused by an Israeli air strike in the town of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 12, 2021.

Fourty-two people were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza on Sunday with three buildings flattened on the deadliest day since fighting began a week ago. The United Nation has called for an immediate ceasefire to the conflict that has left a death toll of nearly 200. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a live address that attacks against Palestian Hamas militants would continue in “full force”.

Produced By: Tahlia Kraefft

Featured In Story: Dr Eyal Mayrose, Senior Lecturer Department of Peace and Conflict, University of Sydney, Mike Khizam, Executive Officer Australian Friends of Palestine Association, and

First aired on The Wire, Monday 17 May 2021