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From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Hamas sums up day 9 strikes on Israel
Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades claims it launched 99 rockets at Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv on its ninth day of operations against Israel.
https://twitter.com/Qassam_Arabic/status/489172850155487232
The IDF says a total of 141 were fired into Israel on Tuesday.
Since 9:00 AM today, 141 rockets have been fired from Gaza at Israel. That's one rocket every 6 minutes. pic.twitter.com/mRLFwikCSa
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 15, 2014
The house of former Hamas foreign minister Mahmoud al-Zahar was completely destroyed, according to reports from Gaza. Two Palestinians were injured in the bombing.