New Delhi

The fighting between the Israeli State forces and the Palestinian rebels has intensified with 21 Palestinians getting killed overnight in Gaza in the air raids carried out by the Israelis.

As per the international agencies, Israel carried out air raids on Gaza, part of Palestine, after the tension following the violence in Al Asqa mosque escalated.   

Hamas, the main militant group in Palestine, fired rockets on Israelis after it had asked for Earlier, radical Palestinian movement Hamas said that Israel has until 6 pm to withdraw soldiers from the areas of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem.

Later, the military wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, gave Israel two more hours to pull out its soldiers from the Al-Aqsa Mosque area, threatening to retaliate

The Foreign Ministry of Israel launched a campaign on the social media to tell the world that Hamad had launched multiple attacks on Israel. It said

Hamas rockets target Israeli civilians, Jews & Arabs, in Jerusalem & elsewhere.

Overnight hundreds of rockets were fired from populated areas in #Gaza, endangering Palestinians.#Iran-funded Hamas delivers only destruction. Israel will protect its citizens from this aggression. pic.twitter.com/0ffOeHzhxs

— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) May 11, 2021

Israel claimed about 200 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip on Israel, dozens of them were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.

"Since 6 PM, terrorist groups in Gaza have been firing rockets at Israeli civilians. non-stop. The time is now 4 AM. That's 10 hours of rocket attacks," the IDF said on Twitter.

Disturbing images of structures being set on fire due to rocket firing has been posted on the social media.

In the meanwhile, the United Nations  Security Council held an urgent meeting on the unrest in Jerusalem but issued no immediate statement.