Day 34 Sunday August 10th: Key Developments According to Army Radio, the Palestinian factions have agreed on a further 72-hour ceasefire. Israel has reiterated that it will not return to negotiations until rocket fire stops. The IAF continues to respond to rocket fire today. A Hamas spokesman confirms that the group received an Egyptian ceasefire proposal and says the groups leadership is contemplating whether to accept it. The current war in Gaza is not about Israelis versus Palestinians, or about the world supporting the Palestinians against Israel, but about the good guys in this region against the bad guys, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni says. Its as simple as that. In one corner, there is the camp of pragmatics, so-called moderates ? Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Jordan and some Gulf states. These states pursue goals supported by the international community. In the other corner, Livni says, there are the extremist Islamists in Hamas, Hezbollah and the new radical Sunni groups in Iraq in Syria. In total, since the end of the ceasefire, approximately 100 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip; in response the IDF targeted some 120 terror sites and 9 terror operatives. An anti-war demonstration took place in central Tel Avivs Rabin square yesterday evening, despite Home Front Command restrictions on the gathering of more than 1,000 people because of possible rocket fire. The protest passed without incident. The government approves a proposal to establish a fund to provide assistance and compensation to reserve soldiers who served in Operation Protective Edge. The proposal was submitted to the government by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and Finance Minister Yair Lapid. Military Police say they will launch an investigation into the death of an 11-year-old Palestinian, Khalil Muhammad Ahmad al-Anati, who was killed earlier today as a result of IDF fire in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:06:54 +0000
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