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November 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda JERUSALEM — In four days of fighting against Gaza-based militants, Israel has used a missile-defense system called “Iron Dome” to intercept rockets fired at populated civilian areas. It says the new home-grown system has been a tremendous success. As of Saturday evening, the military said it had shot down some 240 incoming rockets, more than half the number of projectiles launched into Israel since Wednesday.
Here’s a quick look at the system:
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@ BreakingNews : Israeli artillery fired into Syria early Sunday after gunfire from Syria hit an army vehicle but caused no injuries – @AFP |
Frequent HuffPost Live contributor Emily Hauser has a good timeline of who started what in the Israel/Gaza conflict:
Reuters has more details on Egypt’s role in possibly brokering a truce between Israel and Gaza:
“There are some indications that there is a possibility of a ceasefire soon, but we do not yet have firm guarantees,” Mursi told a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who was visiting Cairo.
A senior Israeli official declined to comment on Mursi’s remarks. The same official earlier denied reports that an Israeli official would head to Cairo on Saturday night to sign a truce deal.
Read more here.
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@ AntDeRosa : Egypt sees “some indications” of Gaza truce soon http://t.co/CRveCiR3 |
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@ haaretzcom : Netanyahu’s office denies media reports that an Israeli official has been dispatched to Cairo for #Gaza ceasefire talks http://t.co/X5b5L5uR |
The World Health Organization warns that hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed with casualties after Israeli airstrikes pounded the Gaza Strip in the past 4 days. According to the organization, hospitals face critical shortages of drugs and medical supplies.
The WHO, quoting Health Ministry officials in Gaza, said 382 people have been injured – 245 adults and 137 children.
“Many of those injured have been admitted to hospitals with severe burns, injuries from collapsing buildings and head injuries,” the WHO said in a statement issued in Geneva.
Health authorities have declared an emergency situation in all hospitals to cope with patients, it said.
“Before the hostilities began, health facilities were severely over stretched mainly as a result of the siege of Gaza,” the WHO said. Israel maintains a tight blockade on the Gaza Strip with the help of neighbouring Egypt.
The Gaza Ministry of Health’s supplies of many life-saving drugs and disposable equipment were at “zero stock”, it said.
Read the full story here.
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@ BreakingNews : Death toll in Gaza rises to 45; more than 360 wounded since airstrikes began Wednesday – @AJELive http://t.co/pq02gQ96 |
This video uploaded to YouTube purports to show the impact of an Israeli strike on a residential neighborhood in Gaza earlier today. (Video could not independently be verified)
Jenan Moussa tweets:
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@ jenanmoussa : Acc to @Almayadeennews sources, an agreement in under way for a mutual ceasefire btwn #Israel and #Hamas starting at 12 midnight. |
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Israeli embassy in London on Saturday to condemn Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to AFP. The rally was organized by the Stop the War Coalition, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Speakers on a podium condemned the British government after Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Hamas regime running the Gaza Strip bore “principal responsibility” for the escalation of violence.
PSC director Sarah Colborne said demonstrators wanted to show their opposition to the Foreign Office’s standpoint.
“We are insisting that the British government uphold international law and human rights and tells Israel to end its war now,” she said.
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@ SkyNewsBreak : AFP: Two dead in new Israeli strike on Southern Gaza according to emergency services |
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@ haaretzcom : #Israel’s Interior Minister: “The goal of the operation is to send #Gaza back to the Middle Ages” http://t.co/kJK155CU |
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@ SkyNewsBreak : The White House says Israel has the right to defend itself and make decisions about military operations |
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan expressed his support for the residents of the Gaza strip in a speech in Cairo on Saturday. The Associated Press reports that Erdogan called the protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak in Egypt last year a point of hope for Palestinians.
Also according to the AP, hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the Cairo headquarters of the Arab League.
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@ RanaGaza : No shelling in #Gaza at the moment. But drones still flying at low altitudes. |
Lara Aburamadan, a freelance photographer and student, wrote an opinion piece Trapped In Gaza for the New York Times about life in the enclave in the past days.
In the last 48 hours, my mother and I have kept vigil by my siblings’ side — my twin, an adolescent brother and a sister within earshot of her high school valediction. We sit together, my mother and I, in an inner room without a view, watching the furrowed brows of my brother and two sisters straining to sleep.
Read her full story here.
More from Reuters on the rocket that targeted Tel Aviv earlier this morning:
Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv on Saturday, signalling a rocket attack on the city, and an explosion was heard, witnesses said.
A cloud of smoke was seen in the sky over the southern outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial centre. Israel Radio said it appeared that an “Iron Dome” anti-missile battery had intercepted the rocket in mid-air.
Hamas’s armed wing in the Gaza Strip said it fired a rocket at the city, the third such attack since Israel launched its air offensive in the enclave on Wednesday.
According to an official Twitter account of the Israeli military, the Iron Dome defense system has intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza toward Tel Aviv.
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@ IDFSpokesperson : Update: The rocket fired from Gaza toward the Tel Aviv area was intercepted by the Iron Dome. #IsraelUnderFire |
BBC correspondent Jon Donnison tweets a photo of what appears to be the headquarters of Hamas Prime minister Ismael Haniyeh.
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@ JonDonnison : What remains of Hamas Prime Minister’s HQ in #Gaza after being hit overnight. http://t.co/8JFzdTjJ |
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@ SkyNewsBreak : Israeli media reports that air raid sirens are being sounded following an explosion in city of Tel Aviv |
Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi will meet with the emir of Qatar, Turkish prime minister Erdogan and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Saturday to discuss the situation in Gaza, Reuters reports.
Read more here.
Explosions rock the city of Ashdod, in southern Israel.
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@ pdanahar : RT @katyaadler: Explosions all around us in #Ashdod, southern #Israel, following sirens and incoming #Gaza rockets |
In a statement, Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.
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@ BreakingNews : Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemns Israel’s air strikes on Gaza, a statement from his office says – @AJEnglish http://t.co/fq2nZIqt |
President Barack Obama remained in communication with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian Prime Minister Mohammed Morsi on Friday, as the situation in Gaza continued to escalate.
According to the Associated Press:
The White House says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Obama Friday to provide an update on the situation. Netanyahu expressed appreciation to Obama and the American people for U.S. investment in the Iron Dome rocket and mortar defense system, which has been used to defend Israel against rocket attacks from Gaza, saving many Israeli lives, the White House said.
Obama reiterated U.S. support for Israel’s right to self-defense and discussed possible ways to scale back the conflict, the White House said. It did not offer specifics.
Separately, Obama called Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Friday and praised Egypt’s efforts to ease tensions in the region, the White House said. Obama expressed hope that Egypt’s efforts would be successful, officials said.
Read more here.
BikyaMasr writes that Anonymous has hacked the website of the Israeli political party Kadima. Kadima.org.il appears to be down.
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@ bikyamasr : Anonymous hacks Kadima party website as Gaza offensive escalates http://t.co/EqbLKVGy |
According to the Associated Press, children make up half of Gaza’s population and many of them are at high risk in the current conflict.
So far, six of 28 Palestinians killed in Israel’s offensive this week have been children, ranging in age from just under 1 to 14 years, according to Gaza health officials. Most were killed by shrapnel while in or near their homes. In Israel, 12 children were hurt in rocket attacks this week.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of using Gaza’s civilians, particularly children, as human shields by launching rockets from crowded residential areas.
Gazans argue that Israel is unleashing massive airstrikes on their territory without regard for civilians. They say that even Israel’s self-described surgical strikes on militant targets put civilians at grave risk in Gaza, one of the world’s most densely populated places.
Read the full story here.
Residents of Tel Aviv were caught by surprise on Friday when the air raid alarms resonated through the city for the first time in years.
The Associated Press reports:
“It’s kind of unbelievable,” said Goldenberg, a 31-year-old lawyer. “In Tel Aviv we always feel like we live in a different world.”
For Israelis, the targeting of Tel Aviv is a direct puncture of the bubble of normalcy they have built around the city. Whenever it occurs, the outrage expressed in the media and on the street is palpable, as if what is acceptable in the southern desert or even in Jerusalem is inconceivable in a place so painstakingly trying to be “normal.”
Read the full story on HuffPost World.
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