Concerns over escalating violence after Israeli forces kill nine Palestinians during West Bank raid
by Bethan McKernan in Ramallah from World news | The Guardian on (#68888)
Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza on Friday morning, to which Israel responded with missile strikes
Washington has raised concern over the escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence after Israeli forces on Thursday killed nine Palestinians during a West Bank raid in the deadliest single day in the territory in decades.
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said he feared the security situation could worsen after two rockets were fired from Gaza early on Friday and Israel responded with airstrikes on the territory.
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