Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, August 23, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Day 47 of Operation Protective Edge
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePREAMBLE: A mortar shell fired from Gaza on Friday afternoon killed Daniel Tragerman, 4, inside his home at a kibbutz near the Gaza border. The shell exploded outside, and shrapnel smashed into home, killing the boy before his parents could get him into their protected room.
In response, Israel stepped up air strikes on targets in Gaza. The IDF spokesman warned Gazans living in buildings housing rocket launchers, ammunition and other elements of the Hamas war machine to evacuate.
Earlier Friday, Hamas executed 18 alleged collaborators with Israel, days after Israeli air strikes killed three of its top terror chiefs and leveled a building in which a fourth, Muhammad Deif, was said to be hiding out.
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