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| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Hamas-Egypt-PA Meeting in Cairo |
| 2014-07-17 |
| [ARABNEWS] In Cairo, a Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, official met Egyptian leaders and Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... arrived to join the diplomatic efforts. US President Barack Obama Ready to Rule from Day One... on Wednesday backed Egypt's efforts to broker a cease-fire, offering Washington's full diplomatic support. "Over the next 24 hours, we'll continue to stay in close contact with our friends and parties in the region, and we will use all of our diplomatic resources and relationships to support efforts of closing a deal on a cease-fire." Obama said that while he and the world were "heartbroken" by the deaths of civilians in the Gazoo Strip, US ally Israel had the "right to defend itself from rocket attacks that teterrorize" its population. In addition to the four children who died on the Gazoo seashore, several people were also maimed in an apparent Israeli naval bombardment, medics said. The first strike scattered terrified children and adults on the beach. A second and third struck as they ran, setting fire to huts on the beach. The strikes appeared to be the result of shelling by the Israeli navy against an area with small shacks used by fishermen. Several children ran inside a hotel where at least three had shrapnel injuries. Several hours after the strikes, the Israeli military described the deaths as "tragic" and said it was investigating the incident. "Based on preliminary results, the target of this strike was Hamas terrorist operatives," the military said in a statement. "The reported civilian casualties from this strike are a tragic outcome." |
| Posted by:Fred |