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Barrage of Rockets Fired At Jerusalem and the Southern Area of Israel

It’s eight o’clock in the evening and the barrages of rockets are here: rockets were successfully intercepted by Iron Dome in Jerusalem, Gan Yavne and the Ariel area.

The U.S. is putting pressure on Israel: “We oppose a ground operation”

Jul 13, 2014, 09:07PM | Ran Arch

via Israel News – Barrage of Rockets Fired At Jerusalem and the Southern Area of Israel – JerusalemOnline.

Warning sirens sounded tonight (Sunday) at around 20:00 in the areas of Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Modi’in and Ashdod. Iron Dome intercepted two rockets in Gan Yavne, another rocket was intercepted in the Jerusalem area, and a third one in the area of Ariel. No injuries were reported. Shortly before, a rocket exploded in an open area in the central area of Israel. The landing was recognized to be outside of any civilian population and so the warning sirens were not activated. There were no injuries reported in this incident too. The Islamic Jihad threatens to fire tonight at Tel-Aviv and the center area of Israel.

IDF Spokesman, Brigadier General Moti Almoz, told the Channel 2 News that the IDF: “continued today the heavy attacks in Gaza. We understand Hamas’ state of mind – they are tense. After six days of fighting we can carefully say that every plan they had – whether it was on the ground, in the air and also underground – has failed and did not produce even a minor achievement”.

As the fire at Israel’s continues, U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, spoke tonight with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Kerry condemned the rocket fire, but also expressed concern over the possibility of a ground operation.

Netanyahu and Kerry spoke about returning to the understandings that ended operation “Pillar of Defense”. Israeli officials say that at this point no satisfactory outline toward a cease-fire agreement was presented to Israel.

With the negotiations attempts pushing for a cease-fire agreement, and pressure from the Arab world, the Cabinet convened tonight once again. The discussion main issue is the possibility of expanding operation “Protective Edge”.

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