Rocket fire into Israel continues; Egypt works to broker truce
Rocket fire into Israel continues;
Egypt works to broker truce
By JPOST.COM STAFF, YAAKOV LAPPINLAST UPDATED: 07/05/2014 11:06
Barrage of over 20 rockets continues after IAF strikes targets in southern Gaza; Israel gives Egyptian government 24 hours to broker ceasefire.
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Rocket fire from Gaza continued on Saturday, with two rockets landing in Israel since midnight Saturday.
The latest exploded shortly after 10:00 am in an open area in the Eshkol region. Earlier, overnight between Friday and Saturday, a rocket slammed into an open area in the Sha’ar Hanegev region.
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Some 20 rockets were fired by Gazan terrorists throughout Friday.
The Israel Air Force struck targets in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday evening in retaliation for the Palestinian rocket barrage that pounded the south, Channel 10 reported. There is no word of casualties.
According to the IDF Spokesperson’s Office, IAF aircraft struck three sites near the southern Gaza town of Rafah. Channel 1 reported on Friday that the targets were apparently pieces of equipment used to launch rockets.
Within an hour after the attack, four rockets exploded in the Eshkol regional council. No word of casualties.
Israel will wait an additional 24 hours to allow the Egyptian government to broker a ceasefire which Jerusalem hopes will restore calm along the Gaza frontier, Channel 10 television reported on Friday.
In total, 18 rockets from Gaza struck Israel on Friday.
Israeli commentators reported on Friday that Hamas has communicated to Cairo its desire to end the current round of fighting in the south. According to reports, Hamas has no wish to escalate the situation in the south, which has heated up in recent days as Palestinians in Gaza continue to pound the western Negev communities with rockets and mortars.
Channel 10 is reporting on Friday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has opted for a restrained Israeli military response against Hamas despite the fact that rockets continue to explode in the south.
The Israeli cabinet is reportedly divided over the appropriate Israeli response to the Palestinian rocket barrage. Hawkish ministers like Naftali Bennett, Avigdor Liberman, and Gilad Erdan want a more aggressive military blow against Hamas, while Tzipi Livni, Yair Lapid, and Yitzhak Aharonovich have urged the prime minister to refrain from ordering a stepped-up assault on Hamas.
Thus far, Netanyahu is siding with the moderates in the cabinet, according to Channel 10.
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WarSclerotic 
July 5, 2014 at 2:27 PM
from 48 hours to 72 hours to the next dance ?
Nice red lines , obama style diplomacy !
Just a sign of weakness ! or something else, who is running Israel ?
Do a prisoner swap, kidnap some kids , fire some rockets Scream truce, and we see you next month for a new party !
How Long Has This Been Going On
July 5, 2014 at 3:23 PM
Jihadis want to start a grinding unending war that will bleed Israel and destroy her morale and will to fight. Gaza is the beginning and Hamas will lose control of the fighters and strategy in that area. Pretty obvious, isn’t it? Baghdad is facing a similar threat of a long grinding siege. I am glad that the Israeli government is taking its time to make a decision on how to proceed. To counter the Jihadi strategy the combined forces of Egypt and Israel must totally crush them and quickly. Egypt probably needs time to mobilize for their fight in the Sinai. After the Gaza campaign the war against the Jihadis will still be only beginning. So when pulling the trigger on Gaza understand that this war cannot end until we have destroyed all our enemies.