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Day 44 of Operation Protective Edge

20 August 2014, 12:28 am
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PREAMBLE: Hamas breached a truce on Tuesday afternoon, firing a salvo of rockets into Beersheba and southern Israel.

Israel immediately recalled its negotiators from talks in a Cairo on a long-term ceasefire, and ordered the IDF to strike back at targets in Gaza.

Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip, on August 19, 2014. Israel ordered its negotiators back from talks in Cairo and Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza after Hamas broke a truce and resumed rocket fire on Israel. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90
Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip, on August 19, 2014. Israel ordered its negotiators back from talks in Cairo and Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza after Hamas broke a truce and resumed rocket fire on Israel. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

Rocket fire intensified through the evening, with over 30 rockets fired by Hamas, including at Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv area. Iron Dome intercepted at least five rockets heading for residential areas. Israeli air strikes caused three fatalities, Gaza officials said.

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