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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Week Four of Operation Protective Edge
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWe now enter the fourth week of Israel’s effort to stop Hamas rocket fire on Israel and to demolish the tunnels Hamas dug under the border.
Late Monday, Prime Minister Netanyahu said it was untenable for Israel to be threatened by “death from above and death from below.”
He told the country to brace for what could be a lengthy operation, which he said had to lead to a demilitarized Gaza.
Netanyahu earlier called Ban Ki-moon to reject the UN Security Council’s ceasefire appeal, in the process indirectly rejecting a similar call 24 hours earlier from President Barack Obama. Israel sustained more fatalities on Monday — including four in a mortar attack — and Netanyahu was adamant that the ground offensive to counter Hamas needed to continue.
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