Conflict along the Gaza Strip
Rolling coverage of events along the Gaza Strip
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A general view of destroyed government offices is seen after what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike in Gaza City November 21, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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East of #Jabalya is under heaving shelling right now.. Rayyes & Kashif hills and civilians close to Al-Shafi Mosque #Gazaby Solarah via twitter 11/21/2012 7:27:18 AM -
As Israel and Hamas grapple with cease-fire, Barak, Netanyahu and Lieberman disagree on the terms - http://bit.ly/XzY7f8by BarakRavid via twitter 11/21/2012 7:33:03 AM -
We are getting some great shots of destroyed government offices in Gaza City from our photographer Mohammed Salem. I'll post a few more as they come in. -


A Palestinian man walks amidst the rubble of destroyed government offices after what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike in Gaza City November 21, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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A Palestinian man walks with his donkey cart past destroyed government offices after what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike in Gaza City November 21, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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I don't know what huge building in front of me was. Now it's impossible to tell. It's just a mass of smoking concrete #Gazaby pdanahar via twitter 11/21/2012 7:36:23 AM -
Turkey seems to be indicating that "while its strident anti-Israel posture has been popular among Arabs, it has been at its own expense, undermining its ability to play the role of regional power broker by leaving it with little leverage to intercede in the Gaza conflict," Tim Arango reports at The New York Times. -
F16 circling above #Gaza leaving swirls of jet stream. Drone also lazily drifting across brilliant blue sky. Not so nice on the groundby pdanahar via twitter 11/21/2012 7:40:54 AM -
Right now I hear: cries of Allahu akhbar at funeral procession, thud of shells, ppl sweeping glass, buzz of drones. #Gazaby erinmcunningham via twitter 11/21/2012 7:44:55 AM -
The huge compound before me has absolutely been laid to waste. It was #Hamas' main ministry in #Gaza Now it's little more than dust & rubbleby pdanahar via twitter 11/21/2012 8:00:49 AM -


Scene of last night's #Gaza strike. My hotel is dark red/brown building at left. @afp yfrog.com/h05vkbooj
by sarahussein via twitter 11/21/2012 8:00:59 AM -
Hilary Clinton and President Abbas are meeting now. Not sure how much influence he has in all of this. #Gazaby JonDonnison via twitter 11/21/2012 8:01:32 AM -
Pic: coastal bridge connecting south #gaza to north has been destroyed by #israeli airstrike effectively hampering... http://fb.me/BOlHHRGDby AymanM via twitter 11/21/2012 8:01:55 AM -

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Across the road row of shops had windows etc blown out. Owners are cleaning up.No one in #Gaza can get insurance so all out of their pocketby pdanahar via twitter 11/21/2012 8:02:35 AM -
Before me two men are salvaging burnt & damaged copies of the Quran from the rubble of the compoundby pdanahar via twitter 11/21/2012 8:09:29 AM -
One digs the Qurans out of the rubble, other dusts them off & stacks them up. Another man is loading the piles neatly into small van #Gazaby pdanahar via twitter 11/21/2012 8:09:30 AM -
#Israel military chief of staff orders continued Gaza bombardment Concentrating, he says on those firing rockets + 'terror infrastructure'by katya adler via twitter 11/21/2012 8:10:24 AM -


U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) walks with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat (R) before her meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas (not pictured) in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 21, 2012. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
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"It's Palestinians who have the right to defend themselves," argues Seumas Milne at The Guardian. "The US and Britain stand behind Israel's onslaught on Gaza. Justice requires a change in the balance of forces on the ground," he writes. -
Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States, argues in a New York Times op-ed that "Hamas left Israel no choice but to strike." -
That's definitely Egypt's influence RT @petersbeaumont Most intriguing detail of Gaza ceasefire negs is that reportedly being done by fax.by erinmcunningham via twitter 11/21/2012 8:26:00 AM -


Devastated mother of Mahmoud al-Komi, al-Aqsa TV journalist killed in #Israel air strike yesterday yfrog.com/kjih3jaj
by Noah Browning via twitter 11/21/2012 8:26:03 AM -
Ceasefire talks to continue today. Worth noting: As with Shalit deal, Israel prepared 2 negotiate with Hamas just not directly #Gaza #Israelby JonDonnison via twitter 11/21/2012 8:26:14 AM -
Right now Israel having more intensive indirect negotiations with Hamas than it has with Abbas's PA for most of last 2 years #Gaza #Israelby JonDonnison via twitter 11/21/2012 8:26:15 AM -


U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 21, 2012. REUTERS/Alaa Badarneh/Pool
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What should we do? my wife asked. Silent I was before I said in a soft low voice "I really don't know". I never felt as helpless as I am nowby Nidal al-Mughrabi via twitter 11/21/2012 8:28:43 AM -


Relatives of slain al-Aqsa TV journalist curse #Israel, say hope #hamas strikes back w rockets yfrog.com/mogr1oj
by Noah Browning via twitter 11/21/2012 8:29:27 AM -

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Israeli soldiers take cover as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets, outside a coffee shop at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai near the border with northern Gaza November 21, 2012. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
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Song playing on local radio in #Gaza of which lyrics are "Hit Tel Aviv, Hit Tel Aviv"by JonDonnison via twitter 11/21/2012 8:58:25 AM -
Looks of booms and bursts here. Some sound like strikes, some rockets, others either distant strikes or rockets, hard to tell #Gaza #Israelby sarahussein via twitter 11/21/2012 8:58:51 AM -


Funeral procession through Gaza for Zaki Gada, 41, killed in his car in strike last night as ceasefire talks continued pbs.twimg.com/media/A8NpW8YCMAAy1pU.jpg
by sharifkouddous via twitter 11/21/2012 9:01:02 AM -
IDF say direct hit on house in Region of Be-er Tuvia in Israel by Palestinian rocket. House on fire but no injuries. #Gaza #Israelby JonDonnison via twitter 11/21/2012 9:06:55 AM -


PIC: Leaflet dropped by Israeli forces in northern Gaza pbs.twimg.com/media/A8NrbnBCAAAQUBa.jpg
by sharifkouddous via twitter 11/21/2012 9:12:52 AM -


There is little water to go around at UN school that is doubling as a refugee center. Gazans crowd around water tank: pbs.twimg.com/media/A8NsDj8CcAESHb-.jpg
by sharifkouddous via twitter 11/21/2012 9:12:53 AM -
IDF says that 29 rockets launched from #Gaza and 12 intercepted , since midnight. More than 100 targets hit across #Gaza since midnight.by JonDonnison via twitter 11/21/2012 9:13:01 AM -
As was case for past few days rocket fire from #Gaza picking up during day after little fire overnight according to #IDFby JonDonnison via twitter 11/21/2012 9:13:02 AM -
President Morsi, Hilary Clinton and Ban Ki Moon expect to meet in Cairo around 1045 GMT although timings could slip. #Gaza #Israelby JonDonnison via twitter 11/21/2012 9:13:03 AM -


Displaced Palestinian boys play after they fled from their homes with their families, to a United Nations-run school in Gaza City November 21, 2012. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
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Talks in Cairo between all sides started again 30 mins ago BBC in #Gaza toldby pdanahar via twitter 11/21/2012 9:21:51 AM -


Israeli soldiers order food and drinks in a coffee shop at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai near the border with northern Gaza November 21, 2012. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
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2 Al-Aqsa TV journalists' car destroyed in #Israel'i airstrike yesterday RT @emilie_baujard #gaza p.twimg.com/A8Nt76NCMAAFw-H.jpg
by Noah Browning via twitter 11/21/2012 9:24:36 AM -
Red alert rocket sirens heard in Be'er Tuvia Regional Council and Askelon areas http://htz.li/RS5okn #Israelunderfire #PillarofDefenseby haaretzonline via twitter 11/21/2012 9:25:25 AM
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