Operation Protective Edge Enters its 24th Day; Israel Calls Up 16,000 More Reservists
JERUSALEM (Worthy News)– Tensions intensified internationally as a U.N. run school was caught in the midst of a battle that left 19 Palestinians dead, and scores more injured. Nevertheless, Israel called up another 16,000 reservists as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) pressed forward with its campaign against Hamas vowing to destroy every terrorist tunnel. Meanwhile, the U.S. allowed Israel to resupply its grenades and mortar rounds from a U.S. munitions store located in Israel.
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Without singling out Israel, the White House condemned an early Wednesday morning attack on an UNRWA school in northern Gaza where over 3,300 civilians had sought refuge after the IDF warned them to leave their homes.
Hamas launches rockets at Tel Aviv area – Ynet News
Rocket fire at Israel resumed Wednesday night with sirens sounding at 10:20 am in Rishon LeZion. Rehovot and Ness Ziona. One rocket exploded in an open territory in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. Hamas’ military wing, al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the rocket fire.
Security cabinet directs IDF to continue operation, complete destruction of terror tunnels – Jerusalem Post
The security cabinet directed the IDF on Wednesday to continue to forcefully hit Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and to complete the neutralization of the terrorist tunnels, a senior diplomatic official said.
US resupplies Israel with munitions as Gaza op continues – Ynet News
The United States has allowed Israel to tap a local US arms stockpile in the past week to resupply it with grenades and mortar rounds, a US defense official said on Thursday.
Dissent quieted with most Israelis behind Gaza war – Times of Israel
Despite Israeli casualties and world criticism, a near-consensus in Israel supports the government’s conduct of the Gaza war, views Hamas as the aggressor and considers outsiders’ moralizing as hypocritical, ignorant or both. And in an echo-chamber fed by ubiquitous updates on Hamas rocket and tunnel attacks, the minority of local voices that do agonize over Gazans’ suffering are being silenced in a way rarely seen in a country long proud of its spirited, democratic debate.