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| July 24, 2014
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30,000 gather at funeral to honor American ‘lone soldier’ killed in Gaza

Paige Steinberg speaks at brother’s funeral, ‘You told me that you did not have many friends in Israel, look around you. 30,000 people are here.’ “It is unbelievable to see how many people are here in your honor.”

 

He belonged here. There’s no explaining it. But this was where he belonged.

Max Steinberg funeral

At the funeral of Max Steinberg funeral on Har Herzl.

Max Steinberg, 24, was a consummate kid from Los Angeles’ West San Fernando Valley, a place so far removed from here that the figure of 9,000 miles does not begin to describe the true nature of the distance involved.

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| July 19, 2014
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IDF Destroys 260 Terror Targets in Gaza Since Ground Operation Began

Among the terror targets hit were governance infrastructure, weapons production & storage sites, tunnels & 21 terrorists have been captured.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Since the ground operation in Gaza began, the IDF has attacked 260 terror targets, according to updated statistics released by the IDF Spokesperson on Friday night.

Among the targets that were hit are leadership and governance infrastructure, weapons production and storage sites, tunnels and homes of senior Hamas officials.

So far, according to the IDF, 22 entrances to terror tunnels have been uncovered. The tunnels are used for both smuggling of weapons as well as for combat purposes. Continue Reading »

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| July 18, 2014
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1 IDF Soldier Killed, 15 Terrorists killed, 103 terror targets eliminated, 20 buried launchers destroyed

IDF released summary of Operation Protective Edge’s ground offensive.

The IDF soldier killed overnight in the Gaza operation is identified as Staff Sgt. Eitan Barak ז”ל) 20), from Herzliya.

View IDF Video of IDF’s entrance into Gaza.

By Kobi Finkler, Tova Dvorin and Dalit Halevi

 

The IDF has released a summary of the last eight hours of Operation Protective Edge’s ground offensive in Gaza on Friday morning, after tens of thousands of soldiers were called up to enter Gaza and destroy Hamas’s arsenals and terror tunnels.

Entering Gaza - IDF Spokesperson's Unit

Entering Gaza – IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The IDF eliminated 15 terrorists overnight; 103 terror targets were eliminated, including 20 buried launchers.

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| July 18, 2014
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War is Good! Hamas’ Millionaires’ Club Boasts 1,200 Members

Gaza’s corrupt leaders and other Hamas officials now boast of having over 1,200 millionaires, after its 7 years of successful war profiteering, skimming and theft.

By Ryan Jones

 

 

In 2006 legislative elections, the Palestinian street overwhelmingly voted Hamas to counter rampant financial corruption in the Palestinian Authority. Now, after years of war-profiteering, it seems Hamas itself has become the premier Palestinian millionaires’ club.

Gaza’s millionaire members

Very soon after seizing control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas and its allies began escalating rocket fire against the Jewish state. Given the severity of the Israeli reprisals, that wouldn’t seem very good for business.

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| July 18, 2014
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Israel’s PM Netanyahu’s complete statement on the IDF ground operation in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says operation launched to destroy Hamas’ underground terror tunnels leading into Israeli territory.

The Prime Minister’s Office released a statement on the ground incursion that was launched Thursday night in the Gaza Strip:

Netanyahu addressing the Knesset April 24, 2013.

Netanyahu addressing the Knesset – Photo: Emil Salman

“The prime minister and the defense minister have ordered the IDF to begin a ground operation in order to damage the underground terror tunnels constructed in Gaza leading into Israeli territory.

“Such a tunnel was used earlier this morning by Hamas terrorists to enter Israeli territory, with intent to case massive harm to Israeli civilians. Continue Reading »

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| July 17, 2014
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Hundreds of ‘Lefty Brits’ protest BBC’s ‘pro-Israel’ coverage of #OperationProtectiveEdge

British leftists protest broadcaster’s idea of balance, ‘airbrushing’ out Israel’s preexisting military control of Gaza, and the imbalance of power between the sides.

 

The BBC is widely believed in Israel to be biased in favor of the Palestinians. Yet in Britain, which can fairly be called the nerve center of Western pro-Palestinian sentiment, hundreds of left-wingers have protested in recent days over what they call the state broadcaster’s pro-Israel bias in its coverage of the fighting with Gaza.

Outside Broadcasting House, BBC London HQ

Protesters outside BBC headquarters in London, (illustrative). – Photo: AP

The Independent reported Wednesday that protesters have rallied outside Broadcasting House, the BBC’s London headquarters, as well as in Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2014
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Anti-Israel protests going violent & viral in Europe & the U.S.

The pro-Palestinian narrative has become “more vicious” with chants that say “Death to Israel” and signs that refer to Jews, not Israelis.

 

Fallout from the hostilities between Israel and Hamas is spreading across Europe and the United States. Protests about the conflict have flared up, much like they did during past battles, increasingly turning confrontational, notably in the United States, Israel’s staunchest ally.

Detroit, Michigan July 13, 2014.

Arab-American demonstrators march down Woodward Avenue waving U.S and Palestinian flags as they protest against Israeli military strikes on Gaza, in downtown Detroit, Michigan July 13, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

Although the violence from Palestinian supporters at pro-Israel rallies in Los Angeles and Boston has not approached the seriousness of recent incidents in Paris and Berlin, many community leaders on both sides have noted an upswing in the level of vitriol and frustration reflected in the rhetoric emanating from the pro-Palestinian camp.

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| July 16, 2014
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Gaza facing sewage and water crisis if hostilities continue

UN aid NGOs cite health and safety concerns as lack of water treatment leading to sewage on the beach & 90% undrinkable water. Agencies see serious immediate concerns should situation not stabilize.

By Reuters

 

GENEVA – Hundreds of thousands of Gazans are without water after Israeli air strikes have wrecked the water and sewage system and threatened the entire strip with a water crisis within days, aid agencies warned on Tuesday.

Aid agencies say that IAF bombardments of the Gaza Strip are responsible for an imending water and sanitary crisis in the Strip. (Photo: EPA)

Aid agencies say that IAF bombardments of the Gaza Strip are responsible for an imending water and sanitary crisis in the Strip. – Photo: EPA

The eight-day assault has caused massive damage to infrastructure and destroyed at least 560 homes, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said. Continue Reading »

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| July 15, 2014
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Turkey’s PM Erdogan says Israel’s Knesset Member Ayelet Shaked thinks like Hitler

In his speech to Turkey’s parliament Turkish PM says ties between Israel and Ankara wouldn’t normalize if Israel continues ‘to kill innocent children,’ and strike at Gaza.

 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has compared Habayit Hayehudi lawmaker Ayelet Shaked to Adolf Hitler and accused Israel of committing “state terror” against the Palestinians.
Erdogan addresses party members at the Turkish parliament in Ankara. June 24, 2014.

Erdogan addresses party members at the Turkish parliament in Ankara. June 24, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

The Knesset member earlier this month wrote on Facebook, “Who is the enemy? The Palestinian people. Why? Ask them, they started it.”

In a weekly address to his parliamentary group Tuesday, Erdogan said Shaked’s mentality was like Hitler’s.

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| July 15, 2014
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SECURITY UPDATE: War Resumes – Gaza Ceasefire Already Over

For 1st time ever!

Israel hits simultaneously on 4 attacking fronts: Sinai, Gaza, Syria & Lebanon.

By Ryan Jones

 

 

An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that Western and Israeli leaders hoped would bring an end to the current Gaza war had already collapsed by Tuesday afternoon, just hours after Israel’s cabinet voted in favor of the truce.

Jihad, a family affair – Israel Today

Around mid-morning, Israeli ministers voted 6-2 to accept the Egyptian proposal, and the Israeli army was ordered to halt all operations against terrorist forces in Gaza.

But, the Gaza rockets just kept coming. Volley after volley targeted central and northern Israel.

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| July 15, 2014
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Israel must continue its weapons blockade on Gaza

Hamas has proven it’s gov’t ignores the indiscriminate firing of lethal missiles on civilian cities, so, after a ceasefire Jerusalem must maintain a forceful blockade to prevent the replacement of advanced rockets, like those being fired this past week on Israel’s civilians.

 

Whenever the current conflict in Gaza ends, and whatever the terms of any cease-fire, Israel will have to maintain its weapons’ siege against Gaza.

A Palestinian holding a rocket during a Hamas 25 year rally in Hebron, December 14, 2012.

A Palestinian holding a rocket during a Hamas 25 year rally in Hebron, December 14, 2012. – Photo: Reuters

The current conflict plainly revealed how inadequate the previous siege was.

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| July 14, 2014
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Patriot missile downs Hamas drone over Ashdod

 

Patriot missile battery destroys Hamas drone that entered Israeli airspace

•  8 yr-old boy fro Ashdod lightly wounded.
• Central Israel remain under Gaza rocket fire.
• Up to 4 rockets from Lebanon fired into northern Israel.

By Yehuda Shlezinger, Shlomi Diaz, Daniel Siryoti, Nitzi Yaakov, Lilach Shoval & Israel Hayom Staff

 

A Hamas unmanned aerial drone was shot down by a Patriot missile battery on Monday morning over the coastal city of Ashdod.

An Iron Dome battery launches an interceptor in Ashdod, Sunday – Photo: Or Mani

The drone took off from the Gaza Strip and flew north before being intercepted.

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| July 13, 2014
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Israel Navy Commandos Enter Gaza & Successfully Destroy Long-Range Rocket Site

Four special-unit soldiers with light injuries were evacuated to hospital for treatment.

Over a 100 Gaza rockets fired over weekend.

 

 

Israel Navy commandos raided a facility from which Hamas fired many long-range rocket at Israeli cities, the IDF said early Sunday. During the raid, the commandos were shot at by Hamas gunmen, and returned fire. “The facility was hit and damaged,” the army said.

Israeli Navy – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Four commandos sustained light injuries during the special operation. They have been evacuated to a hospital in Israel.

Earlier on Saturday night, two rockets were fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel and landed in open areas north of Nahariya. Continue Reading »

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| July 11, 2014
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Israel Amb. Prosor tell UN: Cease-fire not goal, now we dismantle Hamas rocket infrastructure

At emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Secretary General says Israeli ground option still preventable if Hamas stops rocket fire.

 

UN Secretary General Ben Ki-moon said Thursday that an Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip is still preventable if Hamas stops rocket fire.

The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the Israel-Gaza conflict, July 10, 2014

The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the Israel-Gaza conflict, July 10, 2014, at the United Nations in New York. – Photo: AFP

Speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, Ban expressed concern for the wellbeing of civilians in both Israel and Gaza, adding that the citizens of Gaza are caught between Hamas’ irresponsible behavior and Israel’s air strikes.

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| July 10, 2014
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Israel PM accuses Hamas of double war crime, should be held responsible for civilian deaths in Gaza

PM Netanyahu says Hamas is committing war crimes of intentionally targeting Israeli civilians with their rockets, and again using the local Gaza population as human shields to protect the terrorists.

 

 

As Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas mulls applying for membership in the International Criminal Court as a way to press charges against Israel for alleged war crimes, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and other world leaders on Wednesday that Hamas was guilty of two types of war crimes.

PM Natanyahu

“Hamas is committing a double war crime by intentionally trying to hit Israeli citizens, and using the local Gaza population as human shields,” Netanyahu said. Continue Reading »

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