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villager

(26,001 posts)
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 03:40 AM Jul 2014

Gaza militants launch big rocket salvo at Israel

Source: AP / ABC

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian militants launched a big rocket salvo at Israel early Sunday, endangering a unilateral cease-fire and opening the way for a possible expansion of the 20-day operation, which has already killed 1,047 Palestinians and 43 Israeli soldiers.

The Israeli military said seven rockets were fired at southern Israel early Sunday, after Israel accepted but Hamas militants rejected a 24-hour extension of a humanitarian cease-fire meant to remain into effect until midnight Sunday (2100 GMT).

Two of the rockets were downed by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system and five fell in open areas, the military said. It underscores the success of a defense system that has limited fatalities on the Israeli side to only three despite the more than 2,400 rockets Hamas has launched toward Israel.

Also Sunday, the military announced the 43rd fatality of the campaign, which it says is aimed at neutralizing the rocket fire and destroying a sophisticated network of cross-border tunnels. Barak Refael Degorker, 27, died in fighting Saturday "in the vicinity" of the strip, it said. No other details were available.

A temporary lull in the fighting Saturday saw Palestinians return to neighborhoods reduced to rubble and allowed medics to collect close to 150 bodies, Palestinian health official Ashraf al-Kidra said.

With the retrieval of the corpses, the number of Palestinians killed reached 1,047 in 19 days of fighting, while more than 6,000 were wounded, he said.

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Read more: http://abc7.com/news/gaza-militants-launch-big-rocket-salvo-at-israel/223643/



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Gaza militants launch big rocket salvo at Israel (Original Post) villager Jul 2014 OP
what the cease fire looked like in Israel and Gaza riverwalker Jul 2014 #1
To be fair, Israel looked like that throughout. morningfog Jul 2014 #5
The situation is so hopeless. BlueCheese Jul 2014 #2
Seven? Scootaloo Jul 2014 #3
absolutely Enrique Jul 2014 #4
Oh no no, seven is a "BIG rocket salvo" JackRiddler Jul 2014 #10
You mean they BROKE the cease fire ALREADY ? Rhinodawg Jul 2014 #6
through all the attacking of Israel, they are honoring the ceasefires only to samsingh Jul 2014 #8
shouldn't the ceasefire actually mean something? samsingh Jul 2014 #7
Both groups... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #9
Two hard heads Aerows Jul 2014 #11

BlueCheese

(2,522 posts)
2. The situation is so hopeless.
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 04:55 AM
Jul 2014

Hamas is unalterably opposed to peace with Israel. As long as they, and not Fatah, control any part of Palestine, there won't be long-term peace. Unfortunately, the Likud Party is more than happy to accommodate them in their desire for conflict. It's just a mess.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
3. Seven?
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 04:56 AM
Jul 2014

Okay, hey, seven is seven too many. but... Seven isn't really much of a salvo. Even if we want to be generous and call it one - I suppose Hamas needs the ego boost or something? - calling it a big salvo is just silly.

proper title would be "Militant lob some rockets." Hardly as dramatic, of course which I suppose is the entire point of the piece - Drama! Shock! Awe! - but yeah. Seven? Islamic Jihad accidentally launches seven rockets a day at itself, I mean come on.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
4. absolutely
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 05:49 AM
Jul 2014

it seems odd to characterize it by size like that, but if they are going to, a more appropriate word would be "tiny".

Also notice the photo they ran accompanying the "big salvo" headline. All things taken into consideration, I don't think the Diane Sawyer thing was a mistake.

 

Rhinodawg

(2,219 posts)
6. You mean they BROKE the cease fire ALREADY ?
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 09:06 AM
Jul 2014

I think this is one of those duplicitios hudna's.

That's now 5 cease fires that Israel has agreed to that Hamas has violated.

And now hamas broken their OWN cease fire.

These people are unbelievable .

samsingh

(17,571 posts)
8. through all the attacking of Israel, they are honoring the ceasefires only to
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 11:43 AM
Jul 2014

have more rockets launched their way

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