Conflict along the Gaza Strip
Rolling coverage of events along the Gaza Strip
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As part of operation #PillarOfDefense, the #IDF will begin recruiting 16,000 reservists. #Gazaby IDF via twitter 11/16/2012 6:08:20 AM -
By Gerry Shih
(Reuters) - There have long been the tools of warfare associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: warplanes, mortars, Qassam rockets. Now that list includes Twitter, Facebook, YouTube.
This week the worldwide audience got a vivid look at conflict in the social media era as the Israeli military unfurled an extensive campaign across several Internet channels after conducting an air strike that killed a top Hamas military commander in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
The air strike, which came after several days of rocket attacks launched from Gaza toward targets in Israel, was confirmed by the Israel Defense Force's Twitter account before the military held a press conference.
The public relations tug-of-war has long been understood as a central element of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinian leaders like Yasser Arafat were credited with skillfully courting international media during the first Intifada to highlight the Palestinian struggle and help sway public opinion.
But the newest technologies, including Twitter and YouTube, have been embraced particularly by the Israeli government, which has perhaps waged an unprecedented social media PR campaign as the conflict escalated this week. More - www.reuters.com -
Egypt PM to visit Gaza in support of Hamas against Israel http://mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSBRE8AD0WP20121116?irpc=932 via @NidalAlby Dan Williams via twitter 11/16/2012 6:22:01 AM -
Andrew Binet is taking the helm of this live blog for the next few hours.
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Egypt PM to visit Gaza in support of Hamas against Israel http://reut.rs/XKjLfp via @reutersby Noah Browning via twitter 11/16/2012 6:27:48 AM -
Israel will stop assault on Gaza during Egyptian PM visit http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL5E8MG1RT20121116?irpc=932by Dan Williams via twitter 11/16/2012 6:32:23 AM
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#Israel official v @reuters: Israel will pause strikes for three hours IF #Hamas does same. Seems highly unlikely as rockets not yet stoppedby Noah Browning via twitter 11/16/2012 6:40:05 AM
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If the loud thumps all night was #Israel 1 by 1 methodically hitting #Hamas hidden missile sites, #Gaza must be very leaky with its intel'by pdanahar via twitter 11/16/2012 6:46:35 AM -
Egyptian PM Hisham Kandil has arrived in Gaza, officials report -
Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot
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Israel's military begins calling up 16,000 reservists
(Reuters) - Israel has started drafting 16,000 reserve troops, the military said on Friday, in a sign that violence could escalate further with Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
Israel's two-day assault on Gaza has largely been from the air, but officials have said a ground incursion could be necessary to stem rocket fire into southern Israel.
Israel's army would be heavily dependent on reservists to fight any prolonged war. The military has received a green light to call in up to 30,000 reserve troops.
The Israeli air strikes have so far killed 19 Palestinians, including seven militants and 12 civilians, among them six children and a pregnant woman. A Hamas rocket killed three Israelis in the town of Kiryat Malachi on Thursday morning.
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I'll soon be speaking about the Gaza crisis on @Morning_Ireland radio.by Dan Williams via twitter 11/16/2012 7:09:34 AM
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#egypt PM Kandeel expectd now at #Gaza's Shifa hosptial. Perhaps not to appear partisan, #Hamas PM Haniyeh's office will not be his 1st stopby Noah Browning via twitter 11/16/2012 7:11:12 AM
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Despite Qandil visit, militants just launched what sounded like two rockets from near our hotel. #Gazaby MarquardtA via twitter 11/16/2012 7:14:35 AM -
As the sun rose over #Gaza this morning, ABC cameraman Nicky deBlois snapped this: pbs.twimg.com/media/A7zhASRCUAA2R1H.jpg
by mollymhunter via twitter 11/16/2012 7:14:44 AM -
Our latest wrapup of the events in Gaza can be found here. The Egyptian PM has arrived in Gaza and we should have updates shortly
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Pleased to have been co-interviewed about the Gaza crisis with @NadimJBaba on @Morning_Ireland.by Dan Williams via twitter 11/16/2012 7:26:12 AM
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RT @brownisthecolor Anti-war protest in Tel Aviv, filmed by @davidsheen http://bit.ly/vsilvsg #Gazaby Allyn Fisher-Ilan via twitter 11/16/2012 7:27:48 AM -
Activists hold signs during a rally held to denounce Israel's military operation against Gaja strip in front of the Israeli embassy in Seoul November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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#Israel does not really want to wipe out the #Hamas leadership because it knows it could end up with Salafists filling the vacuumby pdanahar via twitter 11/16/2012 7:33:10 AM
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I'm standing before a twisted, smoking pile of metal & concrete which last night was the interior ministry in #Gazaby pdanahar via twitter 11/16/2012 7:33:12 AM
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It's where I'm told people used to get passports, ID cards & permission for journalists to come in to #Gazaby pdanahar via twitter 11/16/2012 7:36:49 AM
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It was one of the 130-150 targets hit in #Gaza overnight by #Israel strikes.by pdanahar via twitter 11/16/2012 7:36:49 AM
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An Israeli soldier (R) and a civilian survey the damage to a car after a rocket fired from Gaza landed in the southern city of Ashdod November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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We have footage coming in now of Egyptian PM meeting officials in Gaza
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Parts of the interior ministry building in #Gaza are still on fire.by pdanahar via twitter 11/16/2012 7:46:21 AM
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Small bomb craters pot mark parts of the #Gaza city. Hard to see what target was in many cases just a crater in the road.by pdanahar via twitter 11/16/2012 7:46:21 AM
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Israelis survey the damage to a road after a rocket fired from Gaza landed in the southern city of Ashdod November 16, 2012.. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen through a damaged car window after a rocket fired from Gaza landed in the southern city of Ashdod November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man (R) and a municipal worker survey the damage at the scene after a rocket fired from Gaza landed in the southern city of Ashdod November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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Haaretz live blog: 09:12 A.M. Red Alert sirens sound in the Ashkelon coast region. #Israel #Gazaby mollymhunter via twitter 11/16/2012 7:53:47 AM
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RT @brownisthecolor Anti-war protest in Tel Aviv, filmed by @davidsheen http://bit.ly/vsilvsg #Gazaby Allyn Fisher-Ilan via twitter 11/16/2012 7:55:25 AM
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This truce doesn't seem to be holding. Have heard and seen incoming and outgoing fire. #Gazaby MarquardtA via twitter 11/16/2012 7:58:27 AM
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A glimpse into the daily life of young IDF soldiers through Instagram http://bit.ly/PX3wZ0 #gaza #israel #palestineby Anthony De Rosa via twitter 11/16/2012 7:59:22 AM -
Fire continues during Egypt PM visit, despite ceasefire
GAZA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Rockets fired from Gaza hit several sites in southern Israel on Friday shortly after Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil arrived in the Palestinian enclave.
The Israeli air force responded with an attack on the house of Hamas's commander for southern Gaza, a Hamas source said.
Israel had announced it would suspend military operations in Gaza during Kandil's three-hour visit so long as Hamas also halted all fire.
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You can not overstate just how significant #egypt PM's visit to #gaza is. The political/diplomatic power balance has changed in the regionby jamalAljazeera via twitter 11/16/2012 8:01:58 AM -
If anything #egypt PM's visit sends clear message to #israel that #cairo will not allow for another war on #gaza #GazaUnderAttack #Israelby jamalAljazeera via twitter 11/16/2012 8:02:03 AM
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UN agency in #Gaza (@UNRWA) voices deep concern over escalation of deadly violence http://ow.ly/fkuyLby UN via twitter 11/16/2012 8:03:38 AM -
"Hamas does not respect the Egyptian prime minister's visit to Gaza and violates the temporary ceasefire that Israel agreed to during the visit," Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote on Twitter. (Reporting by Crispian Balmer)
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Smoke rises after an Israeli strike in the northern Gaza Strip November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
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#gaza radio reporting that Egyptian and Gaza prime ministers are visiting injured at Shifa hospital in Gaza Cityby harrietsherwood via twitter 11/16/2012 8:08:05 AM -
We've seen at least 4 rockets launched from Northern Gaza in the last 10 minutes - ceasefire may be over before it has even really begunby Tom Rayner via twitter 11/16/2012 8:16:20 AM -
Iran's Agenda in the #Gaza Offensive http://shar.es/GA9L7by samaward via twitter 11/16/2012 8:16:59 AM -
A Palestinian woman shouts in front of a house damaged in an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
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