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World condemns Israeli attack on Anadolu Agency office

ANKARA; 5 May 2019; AA: A growing list of news agencies, advocacy groups and leaders condemned an Israeli attack on Anadolu Agency office in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

Israeli warplanes hit the building with at least five rockets after warning shots, Anadolu Agency’s correspondent in Jerusalem reported. No injuries or death were reported.

Israel hits offices of Turkish state news agency in Gaza

5 May 2019; DW: Israeli forces have hit Turkey's state-run news agency in the Palestinian enclave Gaza. Turkish President Erdogan has fiercely denounced the attack, which is likely to increase tensions between Israel and Turkey.

An Israeli airstrike hit the office of Turkey's state-run news agency in Gaza, Turkey's foreign minister said Saturday, calling it a "new example of Israel's unrestrained aggression."

Israeli man killed by rocket amid massive firing from Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) — An early morning rocket from the Gaza Strip killed an Israeli man Sunday outside a home in the coastal city of Ashkelon, marking the first Israeli casualty from rocket fire since the 2014 war with Hamas militants.

Moshe Agadi, a 58-year-old father of four, was struck in the chest by shrapnel from one of the 450 rockets fired from Gaza in less than 24 hours, in one of the most intense flareups of violence in years.

UN condemns deadly IS attack in southern Libya

TRIPOLI, May 4 (Xinhua): The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday condemned the deadly attack carried out by Islamic State (IS) militants on an army training center in the south Libya's Sabha city.

"The UNSMIL strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Sabha, which was claimed by the IS in the Levant and resulted in a number of Libyan casualties. Perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of terrorist activities must be brought to justice," the mission said in a statement.

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

4 May 2019; DW: The Israeli army on Saturday said it had carried out retaliatory airstrikes after some 50 rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave of Gaza earlier in the day. There were no reports of casualties from the attacks, with dozens of rockets reportedly intercepted by air defenses.

The flare-up comes after four Palestinians in the Gaza strip were killed on Friday, as protests erupted along the Israeli border. Two of those killed were said to be Hamas militants.

Iran vows to defeat U.S. through "unity, resistance"

TEHRAN, May 4 (Xinhua): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said that Iran will "defeat" the United States through unity of the nation, official IRNA news agency reported.

"We should solidify our unity and strengthen hope in (the Iranian) society," Rouhani was quoted as saying.

The United States aims to "disappoint the Iranians and sow discord between the people and the government by exerting the sanction pressures," he said.

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