Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Abbas calls on Israel to stop ‘dangerous escalation’
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas releases a statement calling on Israel to end what he calls “a dangerous escalation” after Israel launched a major operation in the Gaza strip Tuesday morning.
“Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas demanded Israel immediately stop its escalation and the raids on Gaza,” says a statement from his office published by the official WAFA news agency.
Meanwhile, another rocket falls in an open field, this time in the Sdot Negev region just east of Gaza.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah (photo credit: AFP/Abbas Momani)
— AFP contributed
