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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
EU condemns Gaza rocket fire as ‘completely unacceptable’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe European Union condemns the rocket fired from the Gaza strip that hit a residential home in southern Israel early this morning as “completely unacceptable.”
In a statement, the EU says firing rockets towars Israel from the Palestinian enclave “must stop immediately,” saying that “indiscriminate attacks against civilians are completely unacceptable.
“The first priority now is for de-escalation. The cycle of violence and despair has to be broken,” the statement says.
Earlier, a rocket fired from Gaza struck a Beersheba home and the IDF began attacking Hamas targets in Gaza in response after days of rising tensions.
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