Operation Pillar of Cloud From central Gaza City by Harry Fear - LIVE

[thorfourwinds]

Greetings:

We have been involved in an historic attempt to disseminate uncensored information direct from the front lines in Gaza, courtesy our friend Harry Fear.

LIVE FEED

Operation Pillar of Cloud on USTREAM: Live English TV news from central Gaza City, by Harry Fear.. Breaking News

With express permission, we humbly submit this intrepid journalist for your consideration and our story to date here.

We will port this info here soon for the Tango-challenged (as time permits).   

Harry is currently not broadcasting, but left open an outside LIVE mic to relay the incessant drones sound...


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[thorfourwinds]

Greetings World:

More for the record:

17 November 2012 - 9:09AM EST

Our recent Tweet to our intrepid investigative journalist friend Harry Fear LIVE in Gaza (who now follows ATS!) to let him know we are there/here/everywhere...

It also appears to be open season on drones.

Who will hack a live feed from one of them for our viewing pleasure? - hint, hint...

Harry's recent Tweets: Have a good look at the last one on the post:

We were warned...

Anonymous Operation Israel - Press Release

Thursday - November 15, 2012 2:00 AM ET USA


Greetings World --

For far to long, Anonymous has stood by with the rest of the world and watched in despair the barbaric, brutal and despicable treatment of the Palestinian people in the so called "Occupied Territories" by the Israel Defense Force.

Like so many around the globe, we have felt helpless in the face of such implacable evil. And today's insane attack and threatened invasion of Gaza was more of the same.

But when the government of Israel publicly threatened to sever all Internet and other telecommunications into and out of Gaza they crossed a line in the sand. As the former dictator of Egypt Mubarack learned the hard way - we are ANONYMOUS and NO ONE shuts down the Internet on our watch.

To the IDF and government of Israel we issue you this warning only once.

Do NOT shut down the Internet into the "Occupied Territories", and cease and desist from your terror upon the innocent people of Palestine or you will know the full and unbridled wrath of Anonymous.

And like all the other evil governments that have faced our rage, you will NOT survive it unscathed.


To the people of Gaza and the "Occupied Territories", know that Anonymous stands with you in this fight.

We will do everything in our power to hinder the evil forces of the IDF arrayed against you. We will use all our resources to make certain you stay connected to the Internet and remain able to transmit your experiences to the world.

As a start, we have put together the Anonymous Gaza Care Package - http://bit.ly/XH87C5 - which contains instructions in Arabic and English that can aid you in the event the Israel government makes good on it's threat to attempt to sever your Internet connection.

It also contains useful information on evading IDF surveillance, and some basic first aid and other useful information.

We will continue to expand and improve this document in the coming days, and we will transmit it to you by every means at our disposal. We encourage you to download this package, and to share it with your fellow Palestinians to the best of your ability.

We will be with you. No matter how dark it may seem, no matter how alone and abandoned you may feel - know that tens of thousands of us in Anonymous are with you and working tirelessly around the clock to bring you every aid and assistance that we can.

We Are Anonymous

We Are Everywhere

We Are Legion

We Do Not Forgive

We Do Not Forget

To the oppressors of the innocent Palestinian people, it is to late to EXPECT US









Columns of smoke rise following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Palestinian witnesses say Israeli airstrikes have hit a series of targets across Gaza City, shortly after the assassination of the top Hamas commander. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)


15 November 2012 - 4:24 PM EST

Anonymous Attacks Israeli Websites To Show Gaza Support In Conflict

As Israel and Hamas continued their deadly conflict in Gaza Thursday, the hacker group Anonymous rallied to the Palestinians' side, launching a digital attack against websites belonging to the Israeli government...more

Hackers left a message on the home page of what they said was a private Israeli surveillance and security company. This is a screenshot of http://falcon-s.co.il/, an IDF blog defaced by Anonymous late last night. (Screengrab/Screengrab)



15 November 2012 - 14:19

Anonymous, in solidarity with Gazans, hits Israel | GlobalPost

While death tolls continue to rise in Gaza, factions within the Anonymous hacker collective have lashed out against Israeli websites in solidarity with Palestinians late last night...more

We just dialed in to the falcon website with no trouble.

http://falcon-s





On the other hand:

From the New York Times:

Anonymous Attacks Israeli Web Sites - NYTimes.com

Radware, an Israel-based DDoS centered computer security corporation stated that most of the attacks against Israeli websites were unsuccessful, according to the New York Times.Radware also argued that Anonymous used twitter to recruit volunteers who would then go on to use the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC), a rather antiquated tool used in DDoS attacks when a large number of individual users attack a single website instead of a botnet.

In a message posted on Pastebin, the hackers said:

Anonymous does not support violence by the I.D.F. or by Palestinian Resistance/Hamas. Our concern is for the children of Israel and Palestinian Territories and the rights of the people in Gaza to maintain open lines of communication with the outside world.

Tel Aviv targeted in last hour. Approximately 50 miles from Gaza.

From Harry:

"Israel admits to 'at least' on average one military (air) strike EVERY 5 MINUTES since the start of recent hostilities."

"Three rockets just hit Tel Aviv..."

Harry's Facebook page is shutdown to him and he cries: "Foul! This is no accident!"


We agree.



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[thorfourwinds]

Greetings World:


18 November 2012 9:15 AM EST


ATM, Harry is down - we will update.





Resources:

Operation Pillar of Cloud on USTREAM: Live English TV news from central Gaza City, by Harry Fear.. Breaking News

https://twitter.com/harryfeartwitter.com/harryfear

facebook.com/harryfear

IDFSpokesperson/twitter

Twitter / AnonymousPress: #OpIsrael 40+ Israel'i government ...

Twitter: Live Gaza war updates - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Gaza Live Blog - Al Jazeera Blogs

Israel Live Cam - Daystar Television

The Stream (AJStream) on Twitter

Israel/Gaza LIVE - RT On Air


And Sandy is not forgotten:
OccupiedAir, Ustream.TV: OccupiedAir is an independent news team reporting live from protests & the peoples movement across the United States. We prov...



TIMELINE FOR 18 NOVEMBER 2012

Israel-Hamas 'Open War': LIVE UPDATES — RT

Nov. 18. 14:06 GMT: The head of the Hamas rocket program in Gaza has been killed in a precise targeted operation by the IDF.

Nov. 18. 13:50 GMT: Egyptian security officials say a senior Israeli official has arrived in Cairo for talks on reaching a cease-fire to end an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. (AP)

­Nov. 18, 13:06 GMT: The recent deaths in the Sheikh Radjwan area of Gaza City bring the death toll to 55.

Nov. 18, 13:05 GMT: Two women are among the three killed in a new strike on the Sheikh Radjwan area of Gaza City. Several have been injured,  Al Arabiya reports.

Nov. 18, 13:00 GMT: President Obama says "We are fully supportive of Israel's right to defend itself'", discussing Gaza crisis during his Thailand visit. The US President also says will know in the next 36 to 48 hours whether progress can be made in halting Gaza crisis.

Nov. 18, 12:44 GMT: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is expected in Israel on Monday to attempt to advance a cease fire, RT Paula Slier reports.

­Nov. 18, 12:34 GMT: Palestinian roving ambassador Afif Safieh tells Sky News channel Gaza conflict is about 'territory not terrorism'; calls Netanyahu a 'pyromaniac'.

­Nov. 18, 12:05 GMT: IDF takes over Hamas radio waves, warns Gaza residents, Israeli media reports.

Nov. 18, 12:04 GMT: A barrage of at least 15 rockets has been fired at Ashdod, Haaretz reports.

Nov. 18, 11:20 GMT: Israeli Culture and Sport Minster Limor Livnat told Ynet that Israel cannot agree to a ceasefire as "only this morning we saw that Grad rockets are still landing on the southern residents."

­Nov. 18, 11:17 GMT: One man was killed, and four wounded in Israeli air strike on a refugee camp in Gaza, Ynet reported, citing sources in Al-Shifa Hospital.





Nov. 18, 10:41 GMT: Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh has gone into hiding due to concerns that Israel wants to assassinate him, a spokesman for the militant group said according to Ynet news. This comes after the Israeli Air Forces bombed his Gaza headquarters on Saturday.

Nov. 18, ­09:51 GMT: The crew of RT's Arabic-language sister channel Rusiya Al-Yaum are moving to a new office following an Israeli attack on two media center buildings overnight. Staff members were not at the facility when it was bombed.




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­Nov. 18, 09:40 GMT: The IDF targeted the site in Gaza from where the rocket was fired at Tel Aviv.





­Nov. 18, 09:30 GMT: The Middle East Foreign Press Association demands explanation from the IDF over why its air force targeted media buildings overnight. It said journalists in areas of conflict are considered civilians and must be respected and protected as such under the international law.




Israeli rescue workers look at the roof of a building damaged by a rocket in the coastal city of Ashkelon. (Reuters / Nir Elias)


Nov. 18, 09:09 GMT: A four-storey building in Ashkelon, Israel, was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza. Two people were lightly wounded by shrapnel in the assault. Another rocket landed near a different residential building and damaged parked cars. Two additional missiles that were launched toward the city were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system.

Nov. 18, 08:47 GMT: The Iron Dome intercepted the rocket fired from Gaza toward Tel Aviv, IDF reported.



Even journalists are not safe:

Nov. 18, 07:03 GMT:An Israeli airstrike on a media compound has injured at least six journalists, Palestinian medical authorities say. Among the outlets damaged are local, Italian, German, Lebanese and Kuwaiti channels. An IDF report of the strike described the target as "a communications antenna used by Hamas to carry out terror activity against the State of Israel." Israel sees al-Quds TV as a Hamas propaganda branch.




­Nov. 18, 06:56 GMT: Israel's ambassador to the US has reportedly deleted his tweet, saying that the Israeli government wants to sit and talk with Hamas. Ambassador Michael Oren said his tweet was "sent erroneously by a staffer," Haaretz reports, quoting the website BuzzFeed.com. The post was allegedly written after the ambassador gave an interview to CNN.




­Nov. 18, 03:43 GMT: The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations has urged the Security Council to take action on the Gaza bombardment, Maan news agency reports. Riyad Mansour has written letters to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and the presidents of the Security Council and General Assembly, stressing that Israel's military operation breaches the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

­Nov. 18, 03:30 GMT: The World Health Organization (WHO) said in statement that it was already worried about a shortfall in medical supplies before the bombardment because of the long standing Israeli siege of the strip. Gazan hospitals now have to deal with the growing number of casualties with a critical shortage of drugs and disposables. WHO has appealed to the international and regional community to provide financial support for essential medicines to treat causalities and the chronically ill.

Nov. 18, 02:40 GMT:The video showing a massive explosion supposedly caused by an Israeli airstrike in the residential al-Zaytoun quarter of Gaza City on Saturday was uploaded by YouTube user Ahmed Erheem.

THIS INSANITY FROM BOTH SIDES MUST STOP NOW!

We hope nobody was home


Nov. 18, 02:00 GMT: British PM David Cameron has urged Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to do "everything possible" to end the crisis in Gaza, the BBC reports. The British leader also expressed sympathy for the "unacceptable rocket attacks" Israel has suffered from militants.

­Nov. 18, 01:25 GMT: At least six journalists have been injured after an Israeli airstrike hit a complex of media offices in Gaza City. The Al-Showa and Housari buildings house a number of foreign and Palestinian media organizations, including Palestinian Maan news agency, Germany's ARD, Kuwait TV and the Italian RAI. Meanwhile the IDF has reported the Israeli Navy targeted "several Hamas terror sites" in the Gaza Strip.

"At least six journalists were wounded, with minor and moderate injuries, when Israeli warplanes hit the al-Quds TV office in the Showa and Housari building in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City," health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said, AFP reports.

­Nov. 18, 00:15 GMT: Israeli warplanes have conducted a series of air strikes across the Gaza Strip, causing numerous casualties, the military wing of Hamas reports.  Meanwhile IDF confirms that it has targeted two smuggling tunnels belonging to "terrorist groups" in Gaza.

more


UPDATE: 10:00 AM EST
Harry back live with those damn drones eerily in the background.

Palestinian military sent a message through Harry that as long as the aggression by Israel continues, rockets will continue...

He drinks Coca-Cola!

Anonomous claims to have taken down IDF site - will check...

3:13:--PM EST

Incessant drones on Harry's LIVE feed while he attempts 40 winks - good luck with that - BIG explosions just now!

[thorfourwinds]

18 November 2012- 7:47 PM EST

Greetings World:

We were recently bounced offline by a 9,587,352.9 TB Denial of Service (DOS) attack ...

For those in Rio Linda, that's

9 million, 585 thousand, 3 hundred 52 point 9 TERABYTES.

Hitachi began selling 1-terabyte hard drives to consumers in 2007.

A one terabyte drive can hold:
   >   472 hours of broadcast quality video.
   >   150 hours of hi-definition recording.
   >   Enough words that it would take every adult in America speaking at the same time five minutes to say them all.

According to futurist Raymond Kurzwell is "The Singularity is Near," the capacity of a human being's functional memory is estimated to be 1.25 terabytes.

Definition of TERABYTE
> 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes; also : one trillion bytes

To put it in some perspective, a Terabyte could hold about 3.6 million 300 Kilobyte images or maybe about 300 hours of good quality video.

A Terabyte could hold 1,000 copies of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Ten Terabytes could hold the printed collection of the Library of Congress.


Nine and a half million Terabytes could hold quite a few printed collections of the Library of Congress.

A 9.5 million TB DOS attack is a respectable amount of data, so we will consider this another glove across our collective countenance, shrug it off and and consider game on.
This is no kid with a laptop...

Wonder who it might be?           






Back to the issue at hand:




A visual record of followers and views of Harry's efforts at delivering uncensored commentary from inside the war zone.





The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) blog was one of many websites hacked by Anonymous.


18 November 2012

Israel faces 44 million attacks on websites in response to Gaza offensive — RT

The Israeli government has become a victim of cyber-warfare attacks since Operation Pillar of Defense began four days ago. On Saturday, hacktivist group Anonymous launched a massive attack on over 700 Israeli websites.

The country's finance minister has acknowledged the recent wave of attacks, saying the government is now waging a war on a "second front."

Over the past four days, Israel has "deflected 44 million cyber-attacks on government websites," Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told AP.

Steinitz said the government has come up with a backup for "essential websites," should they be taken down by hackers.

"This is an unprecedented attack, and our success has been greater than we anticipated,"
he said.

He did not say who was responsible for the hacking attempts. He also declined to disclose which countries the attacks were coming from.

His comments come just one day after hacktivist group Anonymous launched a massive attack on almost 700 Israeli websites, calling the campaign #OpIsrael.

The group took down the Israeli president's official website and the blog of the country's Defense Force, www.idfblog.com. The collective posted the news on Twitter using their infamous #TANGO DOWN hashtag. The blog is still down.
more

Americans have held protests against the Israeli deadly violence on Gaza. (File photo)



18 November 2012 7:23 PM GMT

PressTV - Americans protest against Israeli violence on Gaza

Americans across the country have staged daily protests against Israeli airstrikes and deadly violence on the Gaza Strip since November 14.


"If any other country in the world other than Israel did what they're doing in Gaza today, it would be called war crimes," said a protester in Fort Lauderdale, Anas Amireh, adding, "When you take it to the United Nations, the whole world stands with you and it's vetoed by the United States."

On Saturday, Fort Lauderdale's daily newspaper Sun Sentinel reported a crowd of 150 individuals protesting across the Federal Courthouse and expressing their fear for Israeli invasion of Gaza.

"[Israelis] claim self-defense. You can't really claim self-defense when you're occupying the country to begin with," said activist Nadine Aly.

On Friday, CBS covered a protest held in New York near the Israeli Consulate, in which protesters shouted and waved signs calling for an end to the deadly violence by Israeli forces.

NBC also reported hundreds of protesters marching and chanting "Free, Free Palestine," in Chicago on Thursday, which ended outside President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign headquarters. The activists also protested at the Obama Administration's continued support of Israel.
more






18 November 2012 - 10:18 AM PDT

by BEN SHAPIRO

According to Britain's Sunday Times, Israeli special forces are already on the ground in Gaza seeking out rockets and weapons for targeting. The Times is also reporting that Hamas may place chemical weapons on its long-range missiles.

"Hamas might go for a desperate attempt to launch rockets with chemical warheads if the worst came to the worst," one unnamed source reported.

On a giant television screen at air force headquarters in Tel Aviv, Amir Eshel, its commander, supervised the operation. He gave the order: 'Kill the bastard.' At 3.55pm the drone operators hit the kill button. The Kia burst into flames as two missiles hit the car. Jabari and a son who was with him died on the spot.

That would be a game changer.

Consider this:

Hezbollah may be the militant organization in the region that could most effectively utilize Syrian chemical munitions. The group possesses a large inventory of artillery rockets, which could be used to deliver the type of barrage attack required for a successful chemical weapon attack.

Rumors have been swirling around the region for many months that Libyan rebels sold some chemical munitions to Hezbollah and Hamas.

While we have seen confirmed reports that man-portable air-defense systems and other Libyan weapons are being smuggled into Sinai en route to Gaza, there has been no confirmation that chemical rounds are being smuggled out of Libya. source

A hole in the roof of the media compound office.


'Israel knowingly targeted the media' – RT reporter in Gaza

The crew of RT's Arabic-language sister channel Rusiya Al-Yaum barely escaped death as Israeli rockets targeted the media center in Gaza and destroy the building where they work.

An Israeli airstrike on a media compound in Gaza city injured at least six journalists, one of whom lost his leg, Palestinian medical officials say.

RT Arabic correspondent Saed Suerki said four missiles hit their office building. One of them came through the roof, reached the 10th floor, destroying everything in its path – including the equipment of al-Quds TV, a channel Israel accuses of spreading Hamas propaganda.
more


A previously-identified hi-rise full of journalists accidently targeted by 'the best military technology in the world'?

At least questionable.

What say you?





Published on Nov 18, 2012 by RussiaToday

An Israeli airstrike on a media compound has injured at least six journalists, Palestinian medical authorities say.

Among the outlets damaged are local, Italian, German, Lebanese and Kuwaiti channels.

RT's office in Gaza was affected too.

READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/sp67v0


Recently:

RT LIVE - Rockets launched into Israel

and here! the explosions on headphones are somewhat intrusive - that flat whump whump of the heavies...


For the record:




Published on Nov 18, 2012 by idfnadesk

On Nov. 18, 2012, the Israel Air Force targeted an underground rocket launching site near a mosque in Gaza. The strike was precise, and the mosque was unharmed. While Hamas intentionally places its rockets in residential areas, the IDF does everything it can to minimize harm to civilians and private property.

To read more on how the IDF minimize harm to civilian population:

For more from the IDF:
http://www.idfblog.com/
http://twitter.com/idfspokesperson/
http://www.facebook.com/idfonline/
http://www.idf.il/english/

Off with the headphones - cranked up listening to drones and a damn horn honked near the mic - that was a thrill... now if the ringing will just go away   


Peace Love Light

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Liberty & Equality or Revolution

[zorgon]

Ummm so how big is your hard drive that it can hold 9,587,352.9 TB of junk files? I mean I have a two terabyte external but dang  9,587,352.9 TB of JUNK FILES?

Something doesn't sound right here. Not even NASA has a computer that big

The NSA?  maybe

[thorfourwinds]

The bottomless servers at MacKeeper track it in a temp file so it never actually resides on my hard drive, but it still dumps me from the Interweb and I have to hard reset all systems.   

Funny, haven't experienced any problems for awhile until our recent activity with Harry.   

Travels do broaden one's horizons...

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Peace Love Light

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Liberty & Equality or Revolution

[thorfourwinds]

Greetings World:

Recent activity documented:


IDFSpokesperson/twitter











Smoke rises from fire after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on November 19, 2012.
(AFP Photo / Mohammed Abed)



Israel-Hamas 'Open War': LIVE UPDATES — RT





Nov. 19, 15:10 GMT: The International Federation of Journalists demanded a full inquiry by the United Nations to investigate "deliberate attacks" by the Israeli military against media buildings in Gaza.



Nov. 19, 14:40 GMT: Islamic Jihad says one of its top militant leaders, Ramiz Harb was killed in the airstrike on the Al-Sharouk media compound.

Nov. 19, 14:35 GMT: Hamas leader Khaled Meshal told a media conference the Islamic resistance movement has no interest in an escalation of the ongoing conflict in Gaza. He says Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, and not Hamas has called for a ceasefire.



Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal is addressing a news conference in Cairo.


Nov. 19, 14:20 GMT: The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has targeted the Al-Sharouk compound, which houses local and foreign media outlets, for a second day straight. One person was reportedly killed and several more injured in the attack.



Smoke is seen after an Israeli air strike, witnessed by a Reuters journalist, on a floor
in a building that also houses media offices in Gaza City November 19, 2012.
(Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah)




­Nov. 19, 13:59 GMT: Palestinians and Israelis agree on a truce but disagree on implementation, Al Arabiya sources report.

Nov. 19, 13:30 GMT: US President Barack Obama has reportedly given Egypt President Mohamed Morsi 24 hours to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas, an Egyptian source told Reuters.

Nov. 19, 13:30 GMT: Rival Palestinian faction Fatah – which maintains control of the West Bank – has closed ranks with Hamas over the ongoing Gaza crisis. Top Hamas and Fatah officials gathered at a thousand-strong rally in Ramallah, the West Bank's political capital, in a show of solidarity. Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub told the crowd "we are ending the division," and Hamas leader Mahmud Ramahi said anyone who mentions "the division after today is a criminal," AFP cites them as saying.

Nov. 19, 13:12 GMT: Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil told Reuters a truce might soon be reached in Gaza.



­Nov. 19, 12:50 GMT: The Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement urging an immediate ceasefire between the Israeli military and militants in the Gaza Strip to stop the violence from further spiraling out of control. Moscow promised to work through the Quartet on the Middle East – the United Nations, the United States, Russia, and the European Union – and the UNSC to help normalize the situation in Gaza. It also welcomed peace efforts carried out by Egypt.

Nov. 19, 12:01 GMT: Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has condemned Israel's military offensive in Gaza as an "act of terrorism." (Reuters)

­Nov. 19, 11:40 GMT: Israel is poised for a ground invasion of Gaza but prefers to pursue a diplomatic solution for the time being, an official close to PM Netanyahu has said.



Israeli soldiers prepare tanks at an Israeli army deployment area near the Israel-Gaza Strip
border, in preparation for a potential ground operation in the Palestinian coastal enclave
on November 18, 2012. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)


Nov. 19, 10:29 GMT: The death toll in Gaza has risen to 95 people, 23 of which are children, report Palestinian medical officials.



­Nov. 19, 09:23 GMT: Although progress has been made in the weekend talks between Hamas and Israel in Cairo, an imminent ceasefire looks "unlikely," said senior Palestinian official Nabil Shaath to Palestinian news agency Ma'an. He stressed that Israel was trying to impose its own conditions while ignoring those of Hamas and other Palestinian factions.



­Nov. 19, 09:00 GMT: A rocket has slammed into a school in Ashkelon, southern Israel, causing significant damage. The building was empty at the time of the attack, tweets RT's Paula Slier.

Nov. 19, ­08:51 GMT: The death toll on the sixth day of the Israeli offensive into Gaza has risen to 84 Palestinians, despite calls for a ceasefire. Three Israelis have been killed so far in rocket fire from the Gaza strip.

­Nov. 19, 07:13 GMT: Israel has warned Hamas that it will step up its offensive in the Gaza Strip in 36 hours if they do not cease rocket fire and arms smuggling. Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told IDF radio that the time left before Israel escalates its attacks can be measured in "hours, not days."



Palestinians gather around a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in
the southern Gaza Strip November 19, 2012. (Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)


­Nov.19,06:55 GMT: Israel is rerouting flights from Tel Aviv airport as a safety measure after rockets were fired at the coastal city from Gaza, announced the country's civil aviation chief on Israel's Army Radio.

­Nov.19, 06:39 GMT: Over 90 per cent of Israeli Jews support the IDF's Pillar of Defense operation in Gaza, according to a poll carried out by Israeli publication Haaretz. The poll also notes that only 30 per cent of the public is in favor of a ground invasion.

Nov.19, 05:55 GMT: The IDF say that they have opened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza despite rocket fire and are delivering 124 trucks of humanitarian aid, including medical supplies, food, and gas.

­Nov. 19 05:37 GMT: Hamas spokesperson, Ghazi Hamad says that 90 per cent of the terms of ceasefire between Israel and Gaza have been agreed upon in a meeting in Egypt, reports AlJazeera.



A Palestinian walks past a destroyed Hamas security site after an Israeli air strike in
Gaza City November 19, 2012. (Reuters/Yasser Gdeeh)



Palestinians search the debris of a destroyed home following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City,
on November 19, 2012. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)


Nov. 19, ­05:23 GMT: Palestinian sources report that 29 people, including women and children, died in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip on Sunday, tweets RT's Paula Slier. The IDF says that attacks on Sunday night targeted "underground rocket launchers, terror tunnels and training bases."

Nov. 19, 05:15 GMT: The IDF has released a statement, decrying Hamas' use of the civilian population in Gaza to hide themselves as "undoubtedly a war crime." The statement also claimed that if there are civilian casualties then Hamas is to blame for purposely orchestrating them.

­Nov. 19, 03:40 GMT: Palestinian death toll rises to at least 82 as the Israeli Air Force continues to batter the Gaza Strip with airstrikes for the sixth day.

­Nov. 19, 02:40 GMT: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged both Israeli and Hamas officials to implement an immediate ceasefire. "I am heading to the region to appeal personally for an end to the violence and contribute to ongoing efforts to achieve that," he said in a statement.



Palestinians gather around a destroyed house as members of civil defense search for victims
under the rubble after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City.(Reuters / Suhaib Salem)


­Nov. 19, 02:19 GMT: More than 90 per cent of Israeli Jews support Operation Pillar of Defense, as the assault on Gaza is known, a Haaretz poll shows. However, only 30 per cent reported support for a ground invasion of Gaza.

­Nov. 19, 01:44 GMT: BBC journalists Jon Donnison and Paul Danahar, who are in the area, both report a massive barrage on Northern Gaza by the Israeli Navy. "Dozens of shells fired in last few minutes," @JonDonnison tweeted.

­Nov. 19, 01:08 GMT: The Palestinian Authority has urged the Arab League to convene an emergency summit to discuss Israel's assault on Gaza, the League's secretariat says.

Nov. 19, 00:25 GMT: Palestinian media report three people have been killed in an Israeli Air Force strike on Rafah's Miraj neighborhood. The deaths include a 60-year-old woman, a 20-year-old man and a third unidentified person.


And last, but certainly not least, our friend Harry Fear:




Harry Fear on RT

Peace Love Light

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Liberty & Equality or Revolution

[thorfourwinds]

For the record:

[biggles]

There are so many type of wars over there I forget what they are fighting about.

What is it about land or differences of opinion, what is it.  Do you think it will ever stop.

[thorfourwinds]

Greetings World:

FOR THE RECORD:

UPDATE

20 November 2012







Live Updates: Massive Strike on Terror Targets in Gaza

Wednesday, November 21, 2012:

12:30 AM: Minutes ago, the IDF surgically targeted a Hamas intelligence operations center on the seventh floor of the "Neema" media building in the Gaza Strip. A direct hit was confirmed.


Tuesday, November 20, 2012:

11:05 PM: During the course of the evening, the IDF continued targeting dozens of terror infrastructure sites throughout the Gaza Strip, including a bank used to finance Hamas operatives, a site in the southern Strip used to launch terror attacks, a Hamas command and control center in the northern Gaza Strip, a military hideout and a senior operatives' meeting place.

In addition, the IDF targeted tunnels containing explosives, four weapons storage facilities, two weapon manufacturing facilities, as well as a system of tunnels used transport gas to the Hamas, gas that was used to support terror activities.

Furthermore, IAF aircraft targeted several terror operatives as well as terrorist squads that were preparing to fire anti-tank missiles towards Israel. Israeli Navy soldiers and IAF aircraft targeted several rocket launching sites and seven underground rocket launchers.

10:20 PM: Over the past seven days, 809 rockets fired from Gaza hit Israel while another 389 were intercepted by the Iron Dome system. The IDF targeted more than 1,450 terror sites in the Gaza Strip so far.

8:25 PM: A short while ago, the IDF targeted an Islamic Jihad site in the southern Gaza Strip. Yunis Shaluf, who was responsible for rocket fire on Eilat several months ago, was killed.

8:00 PM: Cpl. Yosef Fartuk, 18, from Emmanuel, was killed earlier today by a rocket fired from Gaza into Israel. We salute his memory.

6:20 PM: A short while ago, a rocket fired from Gaza directly hit a building in the central Israeli town of Rishon LeZion.



This residential building in the central Israeli city of Rishon LeZion
was hit by rocket fired from Gaza.





6:00 PM: A Hamas spokesman urges Palestinian civilians in Gaza to ignore IDF warnings.

4:20 PM: A short while ago, five IDF soldiers were wounded by a rocket fired from Gaza into Israel.

4:00 PM: The IDF is dropping flyers over Gaza, warning civilians to stay away from Hamas operatives and facilities.

2:47 PM: The rocket fired toward Jerusalem missed the city but hit an open area in a Palestinian village.

2:29 PM: Rocket sirens heard in Jerusalem, Israel's capital city. Stay tuned for updates.

12:20 PM: 120 trucks of goods were ready to enter Gaza from Israel today via the Kerem Shalom crossing. However, Hamas was firing rockets at the crossing this morning, and so the crossing was forced to close.

10:50 AM: A rocket fired from Gaza earlier this morning hit a car in Beersheba, destroying it completely. One bystander was injured.







6:40 AM: Overnight, the IDF targeted approximately 100 terror sites, including underground rocket launchers, terror tunnels and ammunition storage facilities. The IDF has targeted several buildings that were used by terror operatives as command and control centers, as well as approximately ten terror tunnels that were used as hideouts by Hamas operatives. A financial institution used by Hamas to fuel its terror activity was targeted in the northern Gaza Strip.

Additionally, since midnight, three rockets hit Israel and an additional two were intercepted by the Iron Dome System.


Monday, November 19, 2012:

12:00 AM: Overall, 664 rockets fired from Gaza hit Israel since the start of the operation, with an additional 347 intercepted by the Iron Dome system. More than 100 rockets fired by Palestinian terrorists organisations in the Gaza Strip aimed at Israel hit the Gaza Strip.

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Smoke rises from fire after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on November 19, 2012. (AFP Photo / Mohammed Abed)


Nov. 20, 23:56 GMT:
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has reportedly hacked Israeli TV channels 2 and 10, briefly interrupting the broadcast to send a message urging the Israeli army not to invade Gaza.

Nov. 20, 23:38 GMT: A series of massive explosions are being reported near the Al Shorook building in Gaza, which houses several media outlets. The explosions have been followed by a blackout in most of Gaza City.

Nov. 20, 23:01 GMT: After meeting with Clinton, the Israeli Prime Minister said that "if there is a possibility of achieving a long-term solution" to the Gaza conflict he prefers that. But if not, Netanyahu added, "I'm sure you understand that Israel will have to take whatever action is necessary to defend its people."

Nov. 20, 21:50 GMT: A building housing the Agence France-Presse office in Gaza has been hit by an Israeli airstrike, the MENA photo manager for AFP Patrick Baz tweeted. All AFP journalists are reportedly safe. Three Palestinian reporters killed in earlier attacks.

Nov. 20, 21:04 GMT: US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has arrived in Tel Aviv and to meet with the Israeli prime minister. She is not expected though to meet with Hamas leaders.


"America's commitment to Israel's security is rock-solid and unwavering," Clinton told the press before the closed-door meeting with Netanyahu. "We appreciate President Morsi's personal leadership and Egypt's efforts thus far," she added.




Benjamin Netanyahu and Hillary Clinton deliver joint statements in Jerusalem on November 20, 2012
(AFP Photo / Baz Ratner / Pool)


­Nov. 20, 20:21 GMT: Israel's negotiation team has reportedly rejected a draft ceasefire and delayed a press conference to announce the truce indefinitely, the Times of Israel reports, citing local media.

Nov. 20, 20:14 GMT:Gaza truce delayed as Israel fails to respond to proposals.

Nov. 20, 20:02 GMT: US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has landed in Tel Aviv and is expected to meet with Netanyahu shortly.

Nov. 20, 19:20 GMT: The Israeli Defense Ministry said a civilian was killed by rocket fire from Gaza. An IDF soldier was killed in a separate mortar attack in the morning, bringing the Israeli death toll to five.

Nov. 20, 19:00 GMT: The IDF says it has targeted "20 terror sites" in the Gaza Strip over the last hour. Israel has conducted over 1,350 aerial and sea attacks against Gaza since Operation Pillar of Defense began on November 14.

Nov. 20, 18:55 GMT: More explosions and heavy shelling are being reported from Gaza. Some of the areas targeted are those where IAF leaflets were dropped earlier, RT's Paula Slier reports.

­Nov. 20, 18:15 GMT: On Friday the Knesset, Israel's parliament, has approved a request by of the IDF to raise the number of army reservists called up for the operation to 70,000. On Friday, the move was approved by the cabinet.

Nov. 20, 18:00 GMT: The IDF acknowledged the death of an Israeli soldier as a result of a rocket attack on Eshkol, an Israeli TV channel was quoted by Naharnet. The soldier was identified as 18-year old Yosef Fartuk. This brings the Israeli death toll from the assault on Gaza to 4.

Nov. 20, 17:40 GMT: Sources in Jerusalem say Israel "hasn't agreed to any version of a ceasefire deal" with Gazan factions, RT's Paula Slier reports from Israel.

Nov. 20, 16:46 GMT: Six men accused of collaboration with Israel have been publicly executed in Gaza City, AP reports. They were shot dead at a busy intersection, with Hamas' military wing claiming responsibility.

Nov. 20, 16:36 GMT: An Israeli airstrike has killed two journalists working for the Hamas-run al-Aqsa TV station, the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, reported on Twitter.


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Video of chaos on the streets...


Nov. 20, 16:30 GMT: The Moroccan-brokered statement calling for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Gaza conflict was not adopted as the deadline passed, RT's sources at the UN report. The document was to be adopted automatically if no UN Security Council member speaks against it before 14:00 GMT.

Nov. 20, 16:20 GMT: A rocket fired from Gaza directly hit a building in the central Israeli city of Rishon LeZion, the Israeli Defense Force said via twitter.

Nov. 20, 16: 10 GMT: Israel and Hamas have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, to begin at 22:00 GMT Tuesday, Hamas' Ayman Taha says from Cairo.

Nov. 20, 16: 05 GMT: At least nine Palestinians have been killed since the Arab League delegation arrived in Gaza to express solidarity, Hamas' military wing says.

Nov. 20, 16: 00 GMT: A Hamas spokesman in Cairo has announced that a ceasefire will come into effect on Tuesday night, BBC sources report. Israeli officials have not commented on the statement.

Nov. 20, 15: 50 GMT: Netanyahu also said that "if a long-term solution can be put in place through diplomatic means, then Israel would be a willing partner for such a solution," but maintained that Israel would not tolerate rocket attacks from Gaza.

­Nov. 20, 15: 48 GMT: Netanyahu reiterated that Israel will act to defend its people "if stronger military action proves necessary," while Ban "strongly" cautioned against a ground operation, which would result in further civilian casualties.

Nov. 20, 15: 40 GMT: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon are giving addresses ahead of their talks.




A handout picture released by the Israeli Government Press Office shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and UN chief Ban Ki-moon during a press briefing on November 20, 2012 in Jerusalem. (AFP Photo/Avi Ohayon/GPO)


Nov. 20, 15: 00 GMT: At least six Palestinians were killed in an airstrike that hit two cars, bringing Tuesday's death toll to 13, RT's Paula Slier reports.

Nov. 20, 14: 23 GMT:
A short while ago, 5 IDF soldiers were wounded by a rocket fired from Gaza into Israel, according to an IDF spokesman.

Nov. 20, 13: 58 GMT: Egypt's foreign minister from Gaza: We are committed to lifting the blockade off the Strip, according to naharnet.com, the Lebanese news journal.

Nov. 20, 13: 51 GMT: If Israel is forced into ground operation in Gaza, it won't be a limited one, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, AFP reports. 

Nov. 20, 13: 49 GMT: The IDF dropped flyers on Gaza telling residents of some Gaza city neighborhoods to evacuate 'immediately' to the city center, TV station Ch. 2 Israel reported.

Nov.20, 13: 42 GMT: A barrage of rockets lands at Yad Mordechai in Israel, setting off car alarms, according to the BBC.

­Nov. 20, 13:25 GMT: Egyptian President Morsi says he is expecting the aggression to end on Tuesday with the Palestinians and Israelis reaching a ceasefire.




Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi (Reuters/Amr Dalsh)


­ Nov. 20, 13:14 GMT: The Arab League delegation, led by Nabil Arabi, arrived at the Rafah border crossing in a show of solidarity with Palestinian people.

­ Nov. 20, 12:54 GMT: Sirens are sounding in Ashkelon, a coastal city some 50 kilometers from Tel Aviv, RT`s Paula Slier reports.

­ Nov. 20, 12:43 GMT: Hague argued that there is no military solution to the crisis in Gaza, or to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He also warned that a ground invasion of Gaza could lengthen the conflict, increase civilian casualties and erode international support for Israel.

­ Nov. 20, 12:38 GMT: British Foreign Minister William Hague is now speaking about Gaza in the House of Commons.

­Nov. 20, 12:30 GMT: A rocket strike hit the outskirts of Jerusalem, Israeli media reported. The rocket landed in an uninhabited area, no injuries or casualties were reported.

­Nov. 20, 12:015 GMT: Israel will "pay a heavy price" if it commits to a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, top Hamas commander Mohammed Deif said in an audio recording broadcast by Hamas-affiliated television station Al-Aqsa.

­Nov. 20, 12:05 GMT: Israel has rejected a ceasefire agreement that stipulated the lifting of the blockade on Gaza and the end of the IDF's targeted killing policy, RT's Paula Slier said quoting Lebanese media reports.

Nov. 20, 11:46 GMT: The latests Israeli air strikes have killed a further six people in Gaza, pushing the death toll up to 116. Over 920 Gazans have been injured so far in Israel's 'Pillar of Defense'military campaign.




A Palestinian man inspects a damaged building following overnight Israeli air strikes on the southern Gaza Strip town
of Khan Yunis on November 20, 2012. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)


­Nov. 20, 11:35 GMT: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed Israel for "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza and "violating international law."

He said that the repeated missile attacks on Palestinian territory could not be justified as self-defense and that "sooner or later, Israel will answer for the innocent blood it has shed so far.''

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Nov. 20, 11:24 GMT: The IDF's 'Iron Dome' missile defense system has proved to be more effective than previously thought, having intercepted over 300 missiles with a success rate of 80 to 90 percent, the New York Times reported, citing top Israeli officials.

­Nov. 20, 11:09 GMT: Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah has called on all Arab states to supply Hamas with weapons, RT's Middle East Bureau Chief Paula Slier wrote on Twitter.

­Nov. 20, 11:19 GMT: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will carry out talks with members of the Palestinian Authority during her trip to Gaza on Wednesday, but will not be meeting with representatives of Hamas.

­Nov. 20, 09:19 GMT: An armed attack on the US Embassy in Tel Aviv has left one injured. The assailant was armed with either a knife or axe and was shot before being taken into custody by police, Israeli Channel 10.

Nov. 20, 08:28 GMT: The IDF has carried out an air strike on Gaza's National Islamic Bank, almost totally destroying it. Israel maintains that the Palestinians use the bank to finance Hamas.




Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish a blaze after an Israeli air strike on the
Islamic National Bank building in Gaza City on November 20, 2012. (AFP Photo/Majdi Fathi)


Nov. 20, 08:05 GMT: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged both sides of the Gaza conflict to enact an immediate ceasefire. During a press conference in Cairo on Tuesday, Ban warned that "further escalating the situation will put the entire region at risk."

At least 109 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed as of the sixth day of the conflict.

Nov. 20, 07:40 GMT: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to arrive in Israel late Tuesday, and will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks on Wednesday. She is also set to visit Ramallah and Cairo to discuss the Gaza crisis.

­Nov. 20, 06:06 GMT: Israeli police were placed on high alert after receiving warnings of terror attacks possibly being planned to strike inside Israel, RT's Paula Slier wrote on Twitter.

Nov. 20, 05:58 GMT: Israeli President Shimon Peres has accused Iran of inciting Hamas to continue rocket attacks on Israel rather than negotiate. "They finance, they train, they send arms, they urge, no responsibility, no moral consideration," Peres said in an interview with CNN.





An Israeli soldier wearing a "Talit" (prayer shawls) and a "Tefilin" (phylacteries) reads his
morning prayers at an Israeli army deployment area near the Israel-Gaza Strip border
as they prepare for a potential ground operation in the Palestinian coastal enclave on
November 20, 2012. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)





A Palestinian woman cries next to a relative's house after it was destroyed in what witnesses
said was an Israeli air strike in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip November 20, 2012.
(Reuters/Suhaib Salem)


­Nov. 20 05:08 GMT: The US is sending three warships into the eastern Mediterranean in case they are needed for the evacuation of American citizens from Israel during the coming days, US officials have told CNN. The government sources stressed the ships' presence was aimed at assisting Americans and not combat.

­Nov. 20, 0:12 GMT: Al-Qassam Brigades have shelled the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat with 5 Grad missiles. Another five missiles have been fired at al Majdal village. Some of the rockets have been intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome.



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UPDATE

21 November 2012






Live Updates: Massive Strike on Terror Targets in Gaza


Wednesday, November 21, 2012:

5:00 PM: Earlier today, Hamas celebrated the bus bombing in Tel Aviv. We have the video:






3:00 PM: A short while ago in Gaza, the IDF targeted an underground rocket launcher as well as 5 terror operatives preparing to launch rockets.

12:20 PM: A city bus exploded in Tel Aviv. Ambulances were heard in the area. Reports out of Gaza indicated that Hamas was celebrating the fact that Israeli civilians were targeted. Stay tuned for updates.



A bomb exploded on this Tel Aviv bus on the afternoon of November 21, 2012.


9:00 AM: This morning, the IDF targeted Hamas operatives in their hiding place in Gaza where they were building rockets. A direct hit was confirmed.

7:10 AM: Overnight, the IDF targeted dozens of terror infrastructure sites throughout the Gaza Strip. The targets included the Ministry of Internal Security – which served as one of the main command and control centers for the Hamas terror organization – as well as an important police compound and a military hideout used as a meeting place for senior operatives and a communications center. Additionally, Israeli Navy targeted a rocket launching site, a Hamas post and a structure used for Hamas' terror activity.

In a joint IDF-ISA activity, the IDF targeted, in a pinpoint strike, a Hamas intelligence operations center, which was deliberately located in a media building in the Gaza Strip. In addition, IAF aircraft targeted a senior Hamas operative in the aerial defense operations, several terrorist squads, and a terrorist who was identified at the launching site from which a rocket was fired yesterday towards Jerusalem. Furthermore, the IDF targeted approximately 50 underground rocket launchers, terror tunnels, three weapons storage facilities, and a weapons manufacturing site. The IDF also targeted a system of tunnels used to transport fuel to Hamas.

12:30 AM: Minutes ago, the IDF surgically targeted a Hamas intelligence operations center on the seventh floor of the "Neema" media building in the Gaza Strip. A direct hit was confirmed.



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Israel-Hamas 'Open War': LIVE UPDATES — RT



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Nov. 21, 21:23 GMT: "I would say that most of the people that were hit in Gaza deserved it, as they were just armed terrorists," Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, told the Public Radio International.

­Nov. 21, 20:34 GMT: Israeli officials claim that some 12 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza since the ceasefire came into effect at 19:00 GMT.

Nov. 21, 20:28 GMT: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal says the ceasefire agreement requires the opening of all crossings to Gaza, including the one shared with Egypt.

Nov. 21, 20:26 GMT: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has welcomed the agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza, warning that "for it to hold, the rocket attacks must end, a broader calm return." 

"Now we have to focus on reaching a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security, dignity, and legitimate aspirations of Palestinians and Israelis alike," she told the press after meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr.



Image from twitter.com @57UN



Image from twitter.com @Majstar7



­Nov. 21, 20:14 GMT: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal praised Egypt for its efforts in reaching the truce agreement. He said that Israel has started the conflict, and that Hamas was forced to respond. He added that while Israel claims to have reached its goals, it "failed to destroy Gaza's infrastructure."

­Nov. 21, 19:44 GMT: Palestinians have taken to the streets of Gaza to celebrate the truce. Sounds of celebratory gunfire, car horns and fireworks fill Gaza as the ceasefire takes effect.

­Nov. 21, 19:21 GMT: Despite the ceasefire, all schools and services in 40 kilometers of Gaza will remain closed tomorrow, RT's Paula Slier reports from Tel Aviv.

­Nov. 21, 19:00 GMT: The Gaza ceasefire has come into effect. Israeli troops have received ceasefire orders, the IDF says, with the caveat that they will respond immediately if fired upon.

­Nov. 21, 18:55 GMT: Three tunnels and two underground rocket launchers were targeted in Gaza "a short while ago," the IDF says, as the fire from both sides continues minutes before a ceasefire is set to take effect.

­Nov. 21, 18:34 GMT: Five rockets have been fired at Israeli city Be'er Sheva in the last half hour, Al Jazeera's Gregg Carlstrom reports. The Iron Dome has also intercepted rockets near the city of Ashdod, Israeli media report.

­Nov. 21, 18:25 GMT: Reports set the death toll in Gaza at 162, which included 41 children and 11 women.

­Nov. 21, 18:10 GMT: A child has been killed and another wounded during an Israeli attack on the Naama building, RT's bureau in Tel Aviv reports, citing an emergency services spokesman.

­Nov. 21, 17:47 GMT: The ceasefire takes effect at 19:00 GMT Wednesday, Egypt's foreign minister says.



Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr speaks during a joint press conference in Cairo on November 21, 2012.
(AFP Photo / Khaled Desouki)


Nov. 21, 17:40 GMT: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has agreed to Egypt's truce proposal, and confirmed the ceasefire deal.

­Nov. 21, 17:20 GMT: Egyptian, Palestinian and Israeli sources confirm that a Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached, Al Arabiya reports. Israel will maintain its siege of Gaza despite the truce, Al Jazeera reports.

­Nov. 21, 17:12 GMT: The IDF reported that it has targeted more than fifty "terror" sites on Wednesday, including tunnels, underground rocket launchers and Hamas command centers.

­Nov. 21, 17:06 GMT: Erez Crossing was opened for medical supplies on Wednesday, the IDF reports on Twitter. The supplies usually enter through Kerem Shalom, which was closed Tuesday due to rocket fire.

­Nov. 21, 17:01 GMT: A Gaza government complex has been destroyed in a series of airstrikes, RT's Paula Slier reports, citing Al Jazeera. The Abu Khadra complex was reportedly reduced to rubble after more than half a dozen rockets were fired at it. The complex wasn't used by Hamas, but was considered as a part of infrastructure by Israelis, Al Jazeera added.

­Nov. 21, 16:30 GMT: The injury count in the Tel Aviv bus blast has risen to 28, RT's Paula Slier reports. Most of the victims are being treated for shock, but some suffered physical injuries as well, a hospital report says.

Nov. 21, 15:53 GMT: Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk has condemned the killing of six Palestinians who were allegedly spying for Israel. Abu Marzouk called the murders "unlawful," and called for the killers to be punished. The six Palestinians were suspected of recording footage of Hamas military positions and transmitting it to Israel.

­Nov. 21, 15:45 GMT: The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the bombing in Tel Aviv, calling it a "criminal terrorist act" in a statement issued Wednesday. The ministry also expressed sympathy for the injured and wished them a speedy recovery.

­Nov. 21, 15:17 GMT: Iran has confirmed it sent military aid to Hamas.

Tehran is "proud to defend the people of Palestine and Hamas," Iranian speaker of parliament Ali Larijani said in a statement on parliament's website, without elaborating. Iran has also provided "technical assistance" to Hamas and shared with them the technology for the longer-range 'Fajr 5' missiles, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard said.

However, Iran has not directly shipped missiles to Gaza, he said.

­Nov. 21, 14:12 GMT: AFP's Gaza bureau was hit by an Israeli air strike, AFP reporter Sara Hussein said. One person was killed, but no AFP staffers were injured, Hussein reported. The strike followed yesterday's attack on the same Gaza media center, which killed three Palestinian journalists.

­Nov. 21, 13:42 GMT: Report from Shifa hospital says a 6 year old boy was killed and 2 injured in the latest Gaza strike. The strike targeted Islamic Jihad office in Gaza, IDF said.

­Nov. 21, 13:24 GMT: Hamas claims they do not know who is behind the Tel Aviv bus explosion, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told RIA Novosti. Abu Zuhri suggested Palestinian militant groups might take responsibility for the bombing. A Palestinian radio station reported that the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a terror organization affiliated with Fatah, claimed to be responsible for the terrorist attack.

­Nov. 21, 13:10 GMT: The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who arrived in Cairo for peace talks, condemns the Tel Aviv bus explosion calling it an act of terror.

­Nov. 21, 12:40 GMT: At least 6 people were killed as IAF pounded Gaza targets, RT's Paula Slier reports.

­Nov. 21, 12:00 GMT: The Senior Cabinet of the Israeli government, consisting of nine key ministers, is holding a meeting on the ongoing situation.

­Nov. 21, 11:51 GMT: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has expressed hopes that a ceasefire agreement could be reached before US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finishes her visit to the region. Abbas held a meeting with Clinton in Ramallah on Wednesday.

Nov. 21, 11:38 GMT: Multiple explosions shake Gaza on the eighth day of Israel's 'Pillar of Defense' military operation against Hamas.



Screenshot from AP video


­Nov. 21, 11:20 GMT: Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri praised the Tel Aviv bus bombing to the press, but did not say Hamas was behind it. He dubbed the attack as "a natural response to the Israeli massacres...in Gaza."

Nov. 21, 11:12 GMT:An eyewitness in Tel Aviv says he "saw the bomber enter the bus, throw device towards back of the vehicle & run off."

Nov. 21, 11:06GMT: Police arrested a bombing suspect near the Ramat Gan diamond exchange, but released him shortly afterwards.

Nov. 21, 10:55 GMT:IDF spokesperson Avital Leibovich says on her Twitter that bus explosion happened "under my Tel Aviv office."



Nov. 21, 10:40 GMT: Tel Aviv police are searching for two suspects in connection with the bus bombing that has hospitalized more than 15 people.




Image from twitter.com @Vostvitzech


Nov. 21, 10:37 GMT: A second unexploded incendiary device has been found on the bombed bus in Tel Aviv. Police are now searching the area for the terrorist who perpetrated the attack.

Nov. 21, 10:23 GMT: A bomb attack on a bus in Tel Aviv has left more than 15 injured with three severely wounded. The police have confirmed that the explosion was the product of a terrorist attack.

­Nov. 21, 10:09 GMT: If a ceasefire is reached, it should be the first step in an end to Israel's occupation of Gaza, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wrote on Twitter during his meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Ban believes that "negotiations are [the] best way forward," Abbas said.

­Nov. 21, 09:45 GMT: The Kerem Shalom crossing, the only freight crossing into the Gaza Strip, is reportedly closed for the eighth straight day. Palestinian crossings official Raed Fattouh said that Israeli authorities had closed Kerem Shalom for security reasons, Ma'an news agency said.

­Nov. 21, 09:20 GMT: Israeli Defense Forces have been instructed to continue the offensive on Gaza while peace talks take place in Egypt, RT's Paula Slier wrote on Twitter. The IDF has also reportedly hit hard against Hamas' long-range rocket capabilities.

Nov.21, 08:39 GMT: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in the West Bank for talks with the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.

­Nov. 21, 07:09 GMT: An IDF ground invasion of Gaza is unlikely before the Israeli elections, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said. "The government cannot make such a decision [invasion] two months before elections," Lieberman told Ynet. "We should leave this decision for the next government."

"After a week of suffering, [we want] at least five or six years of quiet, stability and security," he said.

­Nov. 21, 06:43 GMT: "The rocket attacks from terrorist organizations inside Gaza on Israeli cities and towns must end," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Tel Aviv. Clinton is currently in Israel to conduct talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to push for an end to the violence with Gaza.

­Nov. 21, 05:50 GMT: Four rockets have struck an open area in the region of Eshkol in southern Israel, RT's Paula Slier wrote on Twitter. Another two rockets were intercepted by Iron Dome before they hit the coastal city of Ashkelon.

­Nov. 21, 05:42 GMT: Jordan's king Abdullah II has called on Egyptian President Morsi to redouble his efforts to stop the Israel-Gaza conflict. Abdullah warned that a further escalation of violence would have grave consequences for the stability of the entire Middle East.

Nov. 21, 01:50 GMT: With over 140 people killed and more than 1,000 injured in the conflict so far, nurses at the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza say that women and children make up the majority of casualties.

"Women and children outnumbered men, especially with the new wave [of attacks] targeting houses and civilian buildings," Ibrahim Jirjawi, a nurse on the orthopedic ward, told the Electronic Intifada website.

Nov. 21, 0:43 GMT: The Al-Qassam Brigades have warned Israelis to stay away from Israeli soldiers and military personnel, responding to a tweet by the Israeli army warning journalists to stay away from Hamas-affiliated people.




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22 November 2012



Operation Pillar of Cloud on USTREAM: Live English TV news from central Gaza City, by Harry Fear.. Breaking News






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NOV 22, 17:10 GMT: Civil defense crews on Thursday retrieved the body of a 29-year-old man from the rubble of the al-Dalou family home in Gaza City, according to the Ma'an News Agency. 

Nov. 22, 14:40 GMT: An Israeli soldier injured by mortar fire from Gaza on Wednesday has died from his wounds. The casualty brings Israel's death toll in the conflict to six. The IDF identified the soldier as Boris Yarmulnik, 28, from the town of Netanya in northern Israel.

­Nov. 22, 13:40 GMT: Hamas premier Ismail Haniyeh called on all Palestinian factions to honor the recent ceasefire and congratulated Palestinians on their "victory" in the Gaza crisis. He also thanked Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi for his role in helping broker a truce, and Iran for supplying military aid.

­Nov. 22, 11:54 GMT: IDF chief Benny Ganz has ordered that reserve soldiers called up during the 'Pillar of Defense' operation gradually be discharged.

Nov. 22, 11:42 GMT: Israel could resume its missile attacks on Gaza at any point should Hamas violate the truce called on Wednesday, warned Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

­Nov. 22, 11:40 GMT: The ceasefire is an acceptable step for Israel-Gaza relations for the time being, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

­Nov. 22, 11:35 GMT: Russia has welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel following eight days of violence, and praised Egypt's role in facilitating the truce, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aleksandr Lukashevich said.

­Nov. 22, 09:32 GMT: Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has sent special envoy Bassam al-Salhi on a three-day visit to China. Al-Salhi will hold talks with Chinese officials on a number of issues, including an appeal by PA leaders for Beijing to intervene in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The envoy is also expected to ask for support for the PA's request for non-observer status in the UN. The visit is widely seen as a sign of China's growing influence in the Middle East.

Nov. 22, 08:25 GMT: The IDF has arrested 55 suspected terrorists in Judea and Samaria as part of a sweeping counter-terrorist operation during the night.

­Nov. 22, 05:34 GMT: The IDF in turn says it intercepted 421 of the 1,506 rockets launched from Gaza into Israel with its 'Iron Dome' defense system. Another 152 rockets fired from Gaza crashed back into Gaza, according to the IDF website.

­Nov. 22, 05:32 GMT: Israel reportedly fired over 1,500 rockets into Gaza during the eight-day conflict. The IDF claimed it successfully targeted over 1,500 "terrorist sites", including 980 underground rocket launchers.

Nov. 22, 05:21 GMT: Many of those listed as wounded in Israel said their injuries were due to stress-related trauma, the Guardian reported.

­Nov. 22, 05:05 GMT: The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Gaza conflict is estimated at between 140 and 162, various media outlets reported. According to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the current death toll in Israel is five casualties and 240 injured. Hundreds of Palestinian children were wounded, including at least 88 under the age of 5, UNICEF reported.

­Nov. 22, 00:57 GMT: Israeli military has confirmed that at least five rockets had been fired at Israel from Gaza since the implementation of the ceasefire. "We have counted five rockets fired from Gaza since 21:00 Wednesday," the Israeli military's press service told Ria Novosti. "Three of them landed in Israel, while two were intercepted. We did not fire back." Earlier Reuters reported that 12 rockets were fired from Gaza, citing a police source.

­Nov. 22, 00:12 GMT: Drones are reportedly continuing to circle over Gaza.



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Live Updates: Massive Strike on Terror Targets in Gaza


Operation Pillar of Defense: Summary of Events
Published on:
November 22, 2012

On November 14, in response to incessant rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, the IDF launched a widespread campaign against terror targets in Gaza. The operation, called Pillar of Defense, had two main goals: cripple terror organizations in the Gaza Strip and defend Israelis living under fire. Here's a summary of the events which took place during the operation.

The operation opened when the IDF surgically targeted Ahmed Jabari, head of Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip. Jabari was directly responsible for executing terror attacks against Israel in the past.





During the next eight days, the IDF targeted more than 1,500 terror sites across the Gaza Strip. The sites that were targeted were positively identified by precise intelligence over the course of several months, including:





Top-ranking Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists who were targeted included:
   >   Ahmed Jabari, head of Hamas' military wing – targeted on November 14
   >   Hab's Hassan Us Msamch, senior operative in Hamas' police – targeted on November 15
   >   Ahmed Abu Jalal, Commander of the military wing in Al-Muazi – targeted on November 16
   >   Khaled Shaer, senior operative in the anti-tank operations – targeted on November 16
   >   Osama Kadi, senior operative in the smuggling operations in the southern Gaza Strip – targeted on November 17
   >   Muhammad Kalb, senior operative in the aerial defense operations – targated on November 17
   >   Ramz Harb, Islamic Jihad senior operative in propaganda in Gaza city – targeted on November 19
   
For the first time ever — Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups fired long-range rockets, such as the Fajr-5, toward Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Though the IDF severely damaged the terrorist organizations' long-range rocket arsenal, more than 3.5 million Israelis are still under the threat of Hamas' rocket fire.



Hamas Rocket Threat Ranges Map


Throughout the operation, the IDF did everything that it could to minimize harm to civilians in Gaza.






Despite the IDF's warnings, Hamas urged Palestinian civilians in Gaza to ignore the IDF warnings.

During the eight days of the operation — and in the weeks leading up to it — life was unbearable for more than 3.5 million Israelis. From November 14 to November 21, Palestinian terrorist groups fired more than 1,506 rockets at Israel.




A damaged house in the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council following a direct hit by a rocket fired from Gaza. November 16, 2012


Of those 1,506 rockets fired from Gaza, more than 800 rockets struck Israel, damaging homes, schools and other civilian areas. Some of rockets reached the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem areas.

421 rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome, which saved countless Israeli lives. 152 rockets fired from Gaza crashed back into Gaza.

Despite the IDF's best efforts to protect everyone in Israel, five Israeli civilians were killed due to rocket fire, while an additional 240 Israeli civilians were injured. In addition, Cpl. Yosef Fartuk, 18, from Emmanuel, was killed on November 20 by a rocket fired from Gaza into Israel.

Since Hamas seized power in the Gaza Strip in 2007, the terrorist group has turned the coastal area into a forward base for Iran. The IDF is determined to continue targeting sites that are used to carry out terror attacks against Israel and its citizens.






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