Operation Protective Edge - The Israeli Palestinian-Terriorist War

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And here we go again!! ------

Rockets target Tel Aviv in wake of truce breakdown

By JPOST.com Staff, Yaakov Lappin  08/19/2014

IAF renews sorties over Gaza hitting dozens of targets; Palestinians report first deaths since cease-fire collapse; Hamas claims responsibility for rocket barrage targeting southern, central Israel.

Hours after rockets shattered the cease-fire and hit Gaza frontier communities, three loud explosions were heard over Tel Aviv, shortly before 11 p.m., for the first time in over a week.

Hamas claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks.

Rocket alert sirens were heard all over southern communities, Beersheba, central Israel and as far as Beit Shemesh – which borders the nation's capital.

One explosion in open territory in the greater Tel Aviv area was so far confirmed. Two rockets exploded in open areas of Sha'ar HaNegev. A rocket directed at the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council shortly before the latest salvo of rockets landed near a shopping center in the area. No injuries were reported but damage was caused to a building.

Across the border, in Gaza, Palestinians reported a mounting number of injuries, following resumed air strikes on the Strip. Palestinian medical sources said three people were killed, including a three-year-old child, and 16 wounded, when an Israeli air strike hit a home in the Sheik Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

The officials said ten other Palestinians were injured near a mosque in the same neighborhood.

The IDF confirmed that Israel launched at least 30 air attacks over the past few hours.

The Home Front Command has instructed all cities within 80 kilometers of the Gaza Strip to open public bomb shelters.

Hamas spokesman Husam Badran accused Israel of sabotaging the talks, saying that Israel was placing obstacles on every issue. "If we don't reach an agreement that serves the interests of the Palestinians, all options are open." Senior Hamas official Izzat a-Rishek, a member of the Palestinian delegation to Cairo, said that "our people's struggle will not stop with this truce or any other. The struggle will continue until we achieve the goals of the people and fulfill the dream of elections and national independence." Israeli diplomatic sources said that in light of the rockets fired on the South and the violation of the cease-fire, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon instructed the IDF to resume its attacks on terror targets inside the Gaza Strip.The attacks came despite a temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that was extended on Monday night and was not scheduled to expire until midnight.

The IDF said that it responded to the rockets with strikes on Gaza and was prepared for the possibility of renewed hostilities.

More: http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/Rockets-target-Tel-Aviv-in-wake-of-truce-breakdown-371552

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Rocket sirens wail in Tel Aviv; At least three interceptions heard overhead

The war continues - hamas is firing rockets into Israel, and Israel's "Iron Dome" intercepts the rockets which are deemed most critical.

By JPOST.COM STAFF    LAST UPDATED: 08/22/2014 12:20

Rocket sirens were activated in Tel Aviv just before sundown on Friday as Palestinians in Gaza launched at least three projectiles at central Israel.

Witnesses reported hearing at least three explosions overhead. No word yet on whether any injuries or damage resulted from the incident.

Sirens were also heard in the adjacent suburbs of Tel Aviv, including Ramat Gan, Holon, Bat Yam, and Givatayim.

Earlier Friday, a rocket fired by Palestinians in Gaza slammed into a synagogue in the southern city of Ashdod, injuring three people.

According to police, the injuries resulted from flying shrapnel immediately after impact. The Magen David Adom rescue service reported that two people were lightly hurt and one moderately injured. Eight others were treated for shock.

Earlier Friday morning, a mortar shell landed near a preschool in southern Israel's Eshkol Regional Council during continued barrages of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
In Beersheba two rockets were intercepted over the city while a third exploded in a residential parking lot, wounding one person, police reported. The man was rushed to the hospital in moderate condition from shrapnel wounds. Several vehicles in the vicinity sustained damages.

Another rocket landed in open areas of the greater Tel Aviv area.

Rocket alert sirens blared throughout the morning in the South with 26 rockets launched so far at Israel by mid-day from the Gaza Strip. The Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted five rockets and 21 struck open areas in Israel.

More: http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-expected-to-visit-Cairo-as-Gaza-rockets-continue-to-target-Israel-371945

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As a matter of individual interest, I am providing a link to a "LIVE BLOG" for the Israeli Offensive in Gaza, which is an hour by hour minute by minute account of the details of the war.  For anyone who wants to keep up with what is happening with this war, this might be a good place for such information.

For example: Friday August 22, and entry at 6:40 a.m.

After the killing of three of its senior commanders by Israel, Hamas vowed early Friday that it would be "strengthened" in its quest "to lift the siege on Gaza" and "liberate Jerusalem and Palestine from the neo-Nazi occupier who destroys houses and kills women and children."

Hours after the targeted strike on the Hamas commanders, Ismail Haniyeh, the former head of the Hamas regime in Gaza, released a statement that was read aloud by the Hamas television network.

Haniyeh said that Hamas "was saddened over the deaths of our brothers and commanders who went on the path of great ones."

"We want to emphasize that despite the pain of their loss, the history of the Hamas movement has proven more than once that it is stronger after every targeted killing of one of its senior members," Haniyeh said.

The Live Blog: http://www.jpost.com/Defense/LIVE-BLOG-Israels-Operation-Protective-Edge-in-Gaza-361892

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Progress in cease-fire talks in Cairo

This war is continuing, even though the MSM is not saying much about it. Michael has become more important in the news that the reality of war in the middle east. Maybe the possibility of anther cease fire soon!!

By JPOST.COM STAFF, YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA  8/25/2014 01:43

Islamic Jihad, Hamas officials say cease-fire agreement close to being reached; Palestinian news agency Ma'an also reports of development in reaching deal.

Media reports early on Monday morning indicated that progress had been made in cease-fire talks in Cairo between Palestinians and Israel.

Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported that developments had been made that could clear the path for an agreement to be signed as soon as Monday morning.

According to Ma'an, Khaled al-Batsh, a Islamic Jihad official said "a cease-fire is supposed to be signed within a few hours."

The deputy leader of the Islamic Jihad, Ziad Nakhleh, told Lebanese Al Mayadeen TV that "we have decided a zero-hour, and it will happen within a few hours."

Hamas official Osama Hamdan said "there has been positive and fast progress in cease-fire talks in the past few hours."



http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Report-Progress-in-cease-fire-talks-in-Cairo-372177