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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gaza rocket fire kills Israelis [View all]
Source: BBC
1 hour ago
Three people have been killed as rockets fired from Gaza struck southern Israel, amid escalating violence.
They died when a four-storey building in the town of Kiryat Malachi was hit.
It marks the first Israeli fatalities since Israel killed Hamas' military chief in Gaza on Wednesday.
Fifteen Palestinians, mainly militants but also children, have reportedly been killed in the continuing Israeli operation. About 200 rockets have been fired into Israel, the army says.
Read more: http://bbc.co.uk/news/world-20336811
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Israelis trying to draw the US into a war with Iran with these attacks on Palestine.
loudsue
Nov 2012
#1
ummm you do know that there was a ceasefire that Israel broke via a targeted assassination?
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#47
We all know what Americans would do if put under the same circumstances as Israel,
King_David
Nov 2012
#92
and Israel's targeted assassination after a cease had been brokered is????????
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#48
Not true. I love Israel. It's their version of George Bush/Rumsfeld/Cheney that is in power there
loudsue
Nov 2012
#58
I'm all for finding an equitable solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as well, BUT
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#67
RE: I'm all for finding an equitable solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as well, BUT
MisterScruffles
Nov 2012
#69
The US nor the rest of international community would allow the genocide of Israelis
Ash_F
Nov 2012
#26
Just like America drew the Nazis into the war by letting the Japanese attack Pear Harbor?
Ian David
Nov 2012
#16
I'm with you man. Real fishy to me right after the election??? God would have to come down and tell
demlion
Nov 2012
#43
Some headlines from Israel/Palestine that Americans don't see thanks to bias towards Israel
Larkspur
Nov 2012
#9
Well, it took awhile searching through the responses before I found you Grumpy
condoleeza
Nov 2012
#73
thank you for your thought - on responses below we have three different people
Douglas Carpenter
Nov 2012
#80
Because finding three islamophobes on the internet is the easiest thing in the world
Scootaloo
Nov 2012
#81
Israel does not function as an ally in the sense that word is normally understood. The USA should
byeya
Nov 2012
#22
No doubt some of the more backward knuckle dragger's in Israel are trying to do a ramp up here
nolabels
Nov 2012
#86
I seem to have missed your outpouring of sympathy for the 19 Palestinians killed prior
Scootaloo
Nov 2012
#78