Conflict along the Gaza Strip
Rolling coverage of events along the Gaza Strip
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Today's amazing thought: If we were all capable of reaching agreement on what did/didn't happen, then wars wouldn't start in the first placeby Doug Pologe via twitter 11/15/2012 9:36:06 PM -
@JonDonnison in #Gaza reports: Total number of Palestinians killed since yesterday to 18 say #Hamas Around half civilians. Some childrenby pdanahar via twitter 11/15/2012 9:42:08 PM -
"Pillar of Cloud's" success will be judged according to the strategic and political goal of reaching a long-term truce. http://goo.gl/naaXUby Doug Pologe via twitter 11/15/2012 9:58:21 PM
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Still-warm shrapnel from Israeli missile that landed nearby. Massive boom and fire. #Gaza pbs.twimg.com/media/A7xg9BWCcAILgSj.jpg
by MarquardtA via twitter 11/15/2012 10:01:22 PM -
Extremely loud explosions, including one that shook the doors of #Gaza hotel. Power crapped out briefly, taking web with it, but back up nowby sarahussein via twitter 11/15/2012 10:08:45 PM -
France's Hollande contacts Israeli PM to end Gaza fighting
PARIS, Nov 15 (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande has made contact with the leaders of Israel and Egypt to try to prevent an escalation of fighting in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Jean-Francois Ayrault said on Thursday.
The killing of a Hamas militant commander in an Israeli air strike on Wednesday has sparked a wave of reciprocal attacks between Israel and the Islamist Hamas, which rules Gaza. A total of 16 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed.
"It's time to stop this escalation, which is dangerous for the security of Israel and its people and for that of the Palestinian people," Ayrault told reporters during a visit to Berlin.
France had made "direct contact" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, he added. "France will do everything it can to avoid an escalation of the violence."
Mursi on Thursday condemned Israeli air strikes on Gaza as unacceptable aggression and ordered Egypt's prime minister to visit the neighbouring enclave in a show of support for the Palestinians.
Two rockets fired from Gaza on Thursday targeted Tel Aviv in the first attack on Israel's commercial capital in 20 years, raising the stakes in the showdown between Israel and Palestinian militants. No casualties or damage were reported.
Israeli warplanes bombed targets in and around Gaza city for a second day, shaking tall buildings. In a sign of possible escalation, Israel's armed forces spokesman said it had received the green light to call in up to 30,000 reserve troops. -
(From transcript) U.S. Department of State Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner at a press conference with reporters on Thursday:
"We’re obviously in close consultation with Israel, as you well know. The President spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday. Let me finish. Let me be very clear that Israel has a right to self-defense. As of yesterday, I believe the Israeli Government noted that since the beginning of 2012, more than 768 rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza, and over 12,000 in the past 12 years, and I believe over a hundred today alone. They have a right to self-defense."
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Rockets hit near Tel Aviv as Gaza death toll rises
Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip targeted Tel Aviv on Thursday in the first attack on Israel's commercial capital in 20 years, raising the stakes in a showdown between Israel and the Palestinians that is moving towards all-out war.
Earlier, a Hamas rocket killed three Israelis north of the Gaza Strip, drawing the first blood from Israel as the Palestinian death toll rose to 19, six of them children.
Israeli warplanes bombed targets in and around Gaza city for a second day, shaking tall buildings. In a sign of possible escalation, the armed forces spokesman said the military had received the green light to call in up to 30,000 reserve troops.
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Getting to Know the Palestinian Islamic Jihad: How a Real Propaganda Machine Operates. http://goo.gl/h4TBVby Doug Pologe via twitter 11/16/2012 1:00:16 AM
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A 155mm mobile cannon (front) is seen after it was transported to an area just outside the northern Gaza Strip November 15, 2012. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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Palestinians extinguish a fire after Israeli air strikes targeted an electricity generator that fed the house of Hamas's Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City November 15, 2012. REUTERS/Majdi Fathi
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Egypt's prime minister prepared to visit the Gaza Strip on Friday in an unprecedented display of solidarity with Hamas militants embroiled in a new escalation of conflict with Israel that risks spiraling into all-out war. www.reuters.com
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Since the start of the operation on Nov 14, over 300 rockets fired from #Gaza hit #Israel, while Iron Dome intercepted an additional 130by IDF via twitter 11/16/2012 2:07:55 AM -
Great photo of pro-Israel counter protest tonight in New York -- Sign sums up Israeli worldview "9/11 24/7" http://mondoweiss.net/2012/11/hundreds-of-new-yorkers-come-out-to-denounce-israeli-aggression-on-gaza.html #Gazaby Mondoweiss via twitter 11/16/2012 2:13:34 AM -
just cannot sleep .. every time I close my eyes, a huge bomb is heard #GazaUnderAttack #prayforgaza #Gazaby Areej Ashhab via twitter 11/16/2012 2:18:25 AM -
A pro-Israel demonstrator holds up a sign during a protest outside Israel's embassy in central London November 15, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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"The escalating conflict in Gaza has confronted President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt with a wrenching test of his commitments — to his fellow Islamists of the militant group Hamas and to Egypt’s landmark peace agreement with Israel." -- NYT www.nytimes.com
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The IDF has gamified their war blog. Absolutely unconscionable. http://readwrite.com/2012/11/15/unbelievable-the-idf-has-gamified-its-war-blog ^@mona_tone #humanrights @UN #gaza @Mondoweissby lucyparsons4ev via twitter 11/16/2012 2:26:28 AM -
Palestinians extinguish a fire after Israeli air strikes targeted an electricity generator that fed the house of Hamas' Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City November 15, 2012. REUTERS/Majdi Fathi
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The Israel Defense Forces on November 15 released this video of ships firing from the sea. The video is described as showing the Navy attacking ‘terror targets in the Gaza Strip’.
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It felt good to see friends and community members at the #Gaza protest today. Chicago knows how to show solidarity and loveby naeem__V via twitter 11/16/2012 3:13:47 AM -
Slideshow: The escalating Gaza conflict www.reuters.com
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Watch Israeli Ambassador Says Israel Plans to Protect Its Citizens on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
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"The situation has all the elements and dynamics that could lead us down the road to a place we haven't been before," said Steve Cook, a Mideast specialist at the Council on Foreign Relations. "It's a very dangerous situation, and it's difficult to say what the Israelis should do." - WSJ online.wsj.com
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Mohammed Omer, Palestinian award winning journalist - Rafah refugee camp
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Urgent Rockets fall on just 200 meters from my home in the Tel al-Hawa West of #Gaza city #Hamas #Israelby Rushdibbc via twitter 11/16/2012 4:04:23 AM -
Uploaded to YouTube 21 hours ago by the Israel Defense Forces. www.youtube.com
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Screen grab from the Gaza Strip, captured via the Reuters live stream, from moments ago.
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Another screen grab from the Gaza Strip, captured via the Reuters live stream, from moments ago.
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Shaken awake by new airstrikes in #Gaza. Multiple. Last one HUGEby sarahussein via twitter 11/16/2012 4:17:20 AM
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#IDF says 280 rockets or mortars landed in Israel since operation began. Another 131 fired from #Gaza intercepted by Iron Dome.by JonDonnison via twitter 11/16/2012 4:37:15 AM -
Demonstrators carry a Palestinian flag and signs during a protest against Israel, outside the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco, California November 15, 2012. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
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IDF says it carried out strikes on 130 to 150 targets in #Gaza overnight & says 11 rockets or mortars landed in Israel http://bbc.in/Sv0aJwby BBCWorld via twitter 11/16/2012 4:57:01 AM -
Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Ahmed Zako
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"While countries across Europe and North America commemorated military casualties of past and present wars on November 11, Israel was targeting civilians." -- Noam Chomsky and others stopwar.org.uk
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"Looks like Hamas retains command and control, despite Jaabari's death," comments @Galey_Zahal after more Gaza rockets hit Israel overnight.by Dan Williams via twitter 11/16/2012 5:15:40 AM -
Asked if large-scale army call-up means Israel fears flare-ups on Lebanese front too, @SilvanShalom says: "Everything's being considered."by Dan Williams via twitter 11/16/2012 5:31:19 AM
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"The terms of service for most social media sites and services almost universally ban prohibit violence. Which makes the Israeli Defense Force's live-tweeting, YouTubing and Flickring of its assault on Gaza potentially problematic." -- BuzzFeed www.buzzfeed.com
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A member of Hamas security forces points to an unexploded missile (not seen) after an Israeli air strike on the building of Hamas ministry of interior in Gaza City November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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A Palestinian man looks at the building of Hamas ministry of interior damaged in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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"Egyptian PM Hisham Qandil is to travel to Gaza later in a show of support. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country's offensive action would be suspended during the visit, as long as no rockets were fired from Gaza." - BBC www.bbc.co.uk
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Netanyahu: #Israel will pause airstrikes on #Gaza during 3-hour visit of #Egypt PM Kandeel and top intel officials now. Rockets go onby Noah Browning via twitter 11/16/2012 6:01:58 AM
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