Liveblog August 9, Day 33 of Operation Protective Edge (Closed)
Conflict surges on, with Israel refusing further talks until Hamas attacks stop
Seven Palestinians killed in IDF strikes Saturday, including senior Hamas official, as dozens of rockets fired into Israel
By Ilan Ben Zion and Itamar Sharon
9 August 2014, 12:17 am 35 Edit
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9 August 2014, 12:17 am 35 Edit
- Palestinians attend Friday noon prayers in the shadow of a toppled minaret at a mosque that was hit by Israeli strikes, in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
- Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces (unseen) following a demonstration in support of Gaza after Friday prayers at the Hawara checkpoint, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, on August 8, 2014 (Photo credit: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
- An Israeli man examines the damage to the roof of his house after a rocket fired from Gaza hit in a residential neighborhood of the southern city of Sderot, Friday, August 8, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
- Police sappers inspect a part of a rocket that exploded inside Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 8, 2014. (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)
- Still from Al-Jazeera's footage, broadcast on Wednesday, August 6, showing Hamas gunmen, weapons and tunnels in place ahead of Hamas's breach of the truce on August 8 (MEMRI screenshot)
- Smoke rises after airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/ Khalid Mohammed)
- Illustrative photo of Palestinian protesters waving Hamas and Islamic Jihad flags as they take part in a demonstration is support of Gaza in the West Bank (AFP/HAZEM BADER).
- A man inspects the damage caused by a rocket that exploded near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on Friday, August 8, 2014. (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)
- A rocket fired from Gaza Strip is shot down over Ashkelon by the Iron Dome missile defense system, on August 8, 2014. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
- Protest against anti-Israel media bias is held August 8, 2014 in front of CNN headquarters in New York. (Cathryn J. Prince/The Times of Israel)