From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Hamas, Gaza factions to speak to press after 12 killed
Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza will hold a press conference soon about the escalation with Israel, Reuters reporter Dan Williams tweets.
Twelve Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since the start of Operation Protective Edge last night. Twelve people, among them two teenagers, were killed in a strike on a house in the southern city of Khan Yunis, four were killed in a strike on a car in the Daraj neighborhood in the center of Gaza City, and one was killed this morning in an airstrike west of the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.
Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza are expected to hold a press conference soon about the escalation with Israel.
— Dan Williams (@DanWilliams) July 8, 2014
Hamas said earlier that “all Israelis” would be targeted in retaliation for the Israeli strikes.
“The Khan Yunis massacre… of children is a horrendous war crime, and all Israelis have now become legitimate targets for the resistance,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement, without elaborating.
