Israel strikes residential areas in Gaza

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Israel attacked residential areas in several important areas in Gaza, in the continuation of its crimes against the Levantine nation, while several nations of the world denounce the Israeli extermination policy against the Middle East. teleSUR

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00:00We begin with Palestine as a new Israeli attack against several residential areas in Gaza

00:22caused two deaths and several wounded on Friday morning.

00:25According to local sources, the occupation artillery fired missiles at the towns of

00:29Jebeliah and Safdawi, killing at least one civilian in each location.

00:35The spokesman of the Civil Defense Agency indicated that at least 16 Palestinians have

00:40already been rescued in the Jebeliah camp, although the number of victims trapped under

00:45the rubble is unknown.

00:47Israel's continuous aggression against the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air since October

00:537th last year has so far caused the death of 42,065 citizens and injured more than 97,000,

01:01most of them children and women.

01:07Also following the Israeli offensive, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for

01:11Peace Operations reported that two UN peacekeepers had been injured and hospitalized right after.

01:20This situation has put our peacekeepers at serious risk.

01:23Clashes in the Labounet-Nakoura area since the 8th of October have involved tank and

01:29small arms fire, airstrikes, iron dome interceptions and multiple explosions.

01:35Two peacekeepers were wounded when earlier today a UN post OP14 in UNIFIL's headquarters

01:41in Nakoura was hit by tank fire.

01:45And also Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi condemned on Friday the Israeli attack

01:51on the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon.

01:56Indonesia strongly condemns this attack.

01:59An attack on UN personnel and property constitutes a serious violation of international humanitarian

02:05law and UN Security Council Resolution No. 1701.

02:11In this context, Lebanon's Interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged Israel to stop

02:16its attacks on civilians, noting that 139 people were killed during Thursday's bombings.

02:22This way, the official called for a UN resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire from Israel

02:28and asserted that all the victims of last day's attacks were civilians.

02:33The statement comes after at least 22 people were killed and 117 were wounded in two Israeli

02:39bombings on Thursday night in residential areas of Beirut, the Lebanese capital.

02:45In addition, Mikati stressed that the Israeli attack on UN peacekeepers in the south of

02:50the country is a denounced crime.

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