Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 12 May 2021

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1. Israel declares emergency

Israel has declared a state of emergency in the city of Lod after rioting by Israeli Arabs. The measure came after several days in which Israeli forces and Palestinian militants exchanged fire. The UN warned there was a chance of “a full-scale war” as Palestinian militant groups launched rockets at Tel Aviv, Beersheba, and other central Israeli cities and Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza.

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