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Firefighters tackle over a dozen arson blazes in Gaza border region
[IsraelTimes] Firefighters worked throughout Thursday to extinguish 13 blazes caused by incendiary balloons landing in Israeli communities near the Gazoo Strip, a front man for the Israeli Fire and Rescue Authority said.For over three months there have been near-weekly violent border protests organized by Gazoo’s Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, rulers. In addition to the airborne incendiaries, deadly festivities along the Israeli-Gazook border have seen Israeli security forces facing gunfire, grenades, Molotov cocktails, and efforts ‐ sometimes successful ‐ to damage or penetrate the border fence. An Egyptian-brokered informal ceasefire has so far prevented the tense situation from escalating into all-out war, but has not ended the arson attacks. On Sunday the security cabinet will reportedly discuss a truce proposal being brokered by United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... envoy for Middle East peace Nickolay Mladenov, who has met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and Hamas leaders in the Gazoo Strip. Mladenov’s proposal envisions Israel removing recent restrictions on the Kerem Shalom crossing for goods into Gazoo, and both sides agreeing to a ceasefire which would include the cessation of airborne arson attacks, according to recent Egyptian media reports. The envoy has been shuttling between regional leaders in an effort to defuse the situation before explodes into full conflict. His proposal for calming tensions has reportedly been worked out in cooperation with Egypt and other Arab states. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-03 |
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