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PHOTO PACKAGE: Israeli-Palestinian Violence Continues

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Fighting between Israel and Hamas, which has left more than 200 dead in just over one week, showed no signs of abating on May 17 and 18, despite intense international diplomacy to stop the worst violence in years targeting the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.

(18 PHOTOS by AFP, AP, EPA-EFE, Reuters)

Smoke and flames rise following an Israeli air strike on Gaza City on May 18, 2021.  Israel continued its barrage of Gaza shortly after midnight on May 18, launching multiple strikes that crashed into buildings in Gaza City.  
1 Smoke and flames rise following an Israeli air strike on Gaza City on May 18, 2021. 

Israel continued its barrage of Gaza shortly after midnight on May 18, launching multiple strikes that crashed into buildings in Gaza City.

 
Smoke and flames are seen following an Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza City on May 18, 2021. The security crisis risks precipitating a humanitarian disaster, with the UN saying more than 38,000 Palestinians have been displaced in Gaza and another 2,500 have lost their homes.  
2 Smoke and flames are seen following an Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza City on May 18, 2021.

The security crisis risks precipitating a humanitarian disaster, with the UN saying more than 38,000 Palestinians have been displaced in Gaza and another 2,500 have lost their homes.

 
Explosions light-up the night sky above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli forces shell the Palestinian enclave, early on May 18, 2021.
3 Explosions light-up the night sky above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli forces shell the Palestinian enclave, early on May 18, 2021.
A Palestinian man inspects the damage of a six-story building which was destroyed by an early morning Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. 
4 A Palestinian man inspects the damage of a six-story building which was destroyed by an early morning Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. 

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