From the Liveblog of
Sunday, May 5, 2019
UN envoy calls on Palestinians to halt Gaza rocket fire
The UN envoy to the Middle East is calling for a cessation of rocket fire by Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza after over 600 projectiles were launched at Israel in the past day.
Nickolay Mladenov tweets that “enough Palestinian and Israeli lives have been lost, people injured, houses damaged and destroyed,” and calls for a “return to the understandings of the past few months before it is too late.”
I condemn the continuing launching of rockets from #Gaza. Enough #Palestinian and #Israeli lives have been lost, people injured, houses damaged and destroyed! It is time to de-escalate and return to the understandings of the past few months before it is too late. #UN
— Nickolay E. MLADENOV (@nmladenov) May 5, 2019
Israeli retaliatory airstrikes have killed at least nine Palestinians and wounded over 110, while Palestinian rocket and mortar fire has killed three Israelis and wounded over 100.
The UN, Egypt, and Qatar have been working in recent months to broker a lasting cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group ruling the Gaza Strip.
— with AP
