Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus security cabinet decided Monday to escalate attacks against Hamas and the Gaza Strip, militants in the coastal territory fired a barrage of some 35 rockets at Israel. Sirens rang across the south as well as in central Israel and the Jerusalem area, for the first time since the recent round of escalation began. More than 85 rockets have been launched over the course of Monday. In preparing for the escalation, the Israel Defense Forces has decided to call up some 1,500 reservists. Meanwhile, three of the six Israelis arrested on Sunday in connection with 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeirs murder confessed to the crime and re-enacted it. Police believe the attack was carried out by Jewish extremists in revenge for the abduction and murder of three Israeli teens. Israel launched air strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday. Nine Palestinian militants were killed over the course of the night, but Israel claims at least six of them died when a tunnel collapsed.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:13:35 +0000
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