Declaration of war by hamas +Updates
Rocket hits north of Gaza Strip
No injuries or damage are reported in explosion near the border fence with the Gaza Strip in the Ashkelon coastal region.
Sirens in Asheklon coastal region
Missing soldier David Gordon found dead
The IDF says that Cpl. David Gordon, who went missing Sunday, was found dead this afternoon in central Israel with his weapon by his side.
Gordon, a Givati brigade soldier from Jerusalem, was 21-years-old.
The IDF’s military police launched an investigation into Gordon’s death.
Rocket hits near Ashdod
No injuries or damage reported after a projectile fired from the Gaza Strip explodes in an open area near the southern city of Ashdod. Air raid sirens didn’t go off before the rocket hit.
‘No progress’ in ceasefire talks, Hamas says
The chief Palestinian negotiator conducting indirect talks with Israel for a long-term Gaza truce said there had been “no progress,” with less than five hours to go before a temporary ceasefire expires.
The Palestinian delegations presented their demands for a truce to Egyptian mediators and were awaiting Israel’s response, said the official, Azzam al-Ahmed.
– AFP
IDF carries out 25 strikes on Gaza
The IDF has carried out 25 airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past few hours, and Gazan terror groups have launched at least eight rockets at Israel.
3 Gazans injured in Israeli strikes, Hamas says
Three Gazans were injured in the northern Gaza Strip by an Israeli airstrike, Hamas Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra says. He says five Palestinians have been injured in today’s bombings, which come in the wake of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, breaking the 24-hour ceasefire.
Kiryat Gat, Rehovot switch to emergency footing
The southern city of Kiryat Gat announces that it is going to emergency footing, after rockets from the Gaza Strip once again began falling on Israel. The municipality says the city market and public pools will be closed, and kindergartens will be held in shelters.
The city of Rehovot opens its public bomb shelters and sets up a municipal emergency hotline.
Thousands of Gazans flee homes
Thousands of Palestinians flee their homes in neighborhoods of eastern Gaza City, carrying bags of clothes, pillows and mattresses after renewed Israeli airstrikes, witnesses say.
An AFP reporter sees hundreds of Palestinians streaming out of Shejaiya, one of the areas worst affected by more than a month of fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Thousands more are leaving the areas of Zeitun and Shaaf, alarmed by a series of explosions, and heading toward shelters in UN schools, the witnesses say.
– AFP
Rockets downed over Netivot
Iron Dome makes its first interceptions in a week over the southern town, downing two inbound rockets. It’s not clear how many rockets were launched in the latest volley.
Sirens in Sdot Negev, Sha’ar Hanegev regions
Warnings come moments after a mortar explodes in the Sdot Negev region without causing any damage or injuries.
There’s no immediate report of impacts in the latest bombardment.
Hamas denies attacks, blames Israel
Hamas spokesperson Sami abu Zuhri says his organization has “no knowledge of rocket fire from the territory of the Gaza Strip” and blames Israel for the escalation of violence.
“The attacks intended to topple the negotiations in Cairo, [and] Israel is responsible,” he says.
‘For calm, Israel must do as we say’ — Hamas
Hamas spokesperson in the Gaza Strip Mushir al-Masry says, “If Israel wants calm it must accede to the demands and rights of the Palestinians.”
The announcement comes a couple hours after the breaking of the ceasefire, when rockets from Gaza exploded near Beersheba. No Palestinian group has claimed the fire.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/day-43-israel-confirms-truce-extended-by-24-hours-at-egypts-request/
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