LIVE UPDATES: Sirens sound across central and south Israel
Death toll in Gaza rises to 127; rocket hits home in city of Netivot; Netanyahu: Operation will end only when quiet is returned; Abbas: I have no partner for a two-state solution.
Haaretz.com
Jul. 12, 2014
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its fifth day on Saturday, with rockets continuing to target Israeli towns and cities and the IDF continuing to carry out massive airstrikes across the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian sources in Gaza describe Friday night as the most lethal yet since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, with 14 people killed in the Strip, raising the number of Gaza deaths in to 121.
On Friday, ten Israelis were wounded, one of them seriously, by rockets that struck in Be’er Sheva and Ashdod. An elderly woman died after suffering a heart attack while seeking shelter in Haifa, which was targeted for the first time during the current round of fire.
Israeli jets have bombed over 1,100 targets across the Gaza Strip since the operation began. Reports from Gaza indicated widespread damage to houses, infrastructure and public buildings, with large numbers of civilian casualties.
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