[IsraelTimes] The Times of Israel is liveblogging events as they unfold through Wednesday, the ninth day of Operation Protective Edge. On Tuesday, while Israel accepted an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, rejected it and continued its rocket fire into Israel. An Israeli was killed by mortar fire. In mid-afternoon, Israel resumed attacks on Hamas targets, as Foreign Minister Liberman called to retake full control of the Strip, an idea Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects. A total of 197 Gazooks have been killed, with over 1,400 maimed.
Hamas's al-Qassam Brigades threatened to launch a massive rocket attack targeting Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem on Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. following Israeli strikes targeting Hamas leaders' homes. The house of former Hamas foreign minister Mahmoud al-Zahar was completely destroyed. A senior Israeli health official tells Ynet that the Paleostinian Authority rejected an offer by Magen David Adom to transfer blood donations from Israel to the Gazoo Strip, with no explanation. |