Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below. Just click on the icons to get to the download page. A Palestinian crossed into Israel from Gaza and shot at troops, setting off a firefight in which he was killed and three Israeli soldiers were wounded early Thursday, the army said. An Israeli tank targeted a Hamas military post after the incident which began at around am, Israel's military said.
Gaza conflict: Rocket barrage and Israeli strikes intensify - BBC News
We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. The rocket attack on a family home just outside Tel Aviv, and Israel's reaction, has dominated Israeli media. The coverage will play a large part in how Israel will respond.
Israeli forces and Hamas exchanged rocket fire on Monday night amid fears of a new conflict in Gaza. The army also said it was reinforcing troops along the Gaza border and calling up reserves. The targets of the Israeli raids on Gaza included the office of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and a five-storey building in central Gaza City it said was a Hamas interior security office. Militants in Gaza then fired at least 10 rockets towards the southern Israeli town of Sderot, but no Israeli casualties were reported as a result of that attack. At 10pm on Monday, Hamas announced that a cease-fire had been brokered by Egyptian mediators.
The Middle East is in disarray, but in Gaza, of all places, there are fragile hints of better days. The people of Gaza have been the casualties of this failure. The last conflict left Gaza devastated and its people worn down and impoverished. Blair failed to mention the deaths of over 1, Palestinians—most of them civilian, many of them women and children—in the most recent conflict in the summer of