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Fast Forward Rockets Found at Second United Nations School in Gaza
Rockets were discovered in a second United Nations school in Gaza. The school in which the rockets were discovered on Tuesday is located between two other United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools, that are currently serving as shelter for 1,500 internal Gazan refugees, UNRWA said in a statement. It is not known how many…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Killed in ‘Fire Exchange’ in Gaza, Israel Defense Forces Confirm
An Israeli soldier was killed in a “fire exchange” in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces announced. Sgt. Avitar Moshe Torjamin, 20, of Beit Shean, was killed Tuesday morning in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF said in a statement. At least 27 soldiers have been killed since the start of Israel’s ground operation in Gaza….
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Fast Forward Will Israel Re-Occupy Gaza?
(JTA) — The air war has become a ground war. The Israeli population, always on edge, has become a nation in mourning. And a military operation that nearly ended after eight days has become a bloody invasion of Gaza that could last weeks and has Israeli officials divided over how it ought to end. With…
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Film & TV VIDEO: How To Fight Voyeurism in Gaza
When some of us hear “Gaza,” we picture bombs or rockets or rubble. What if, instead, we pictured an adorable little girl in a pink hat? Or a grandfather playing with his grandchild? Or young men handing out ice cream cones? A new short film by Palestinian filmmaker Hadeel Assali is an ingenious exercise in…
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Fast Forward Israeli Man Shot And Seriously Injured At West Bank Junction
An Israeli man was shot and seriously injured while waiting at a West Bank junction. The Israel Defense Forces identified the shooter in Monday night’s incident at the Rechalim Junction as a Palestinian terrorist and said its forces were searching the area for the shooter. The junction is located near the West Bank city of…
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Fast Forward Christians United For Israel Urge Congress to Cut Funding to Palestinian Authority
With sharp jabs at the Obama administration, Christians United for Israel launched its annual Washington rally with appeals to Congress to impose new sanctions on Iran and to cut off funding to the Palestinian Authority. David Brog, the group’s executive director, said the group regarded the Iran nuclear talks as a failure and would back…
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Fast Forward Rocket From Gaza Strikes Israeli Home in Suburb of Tel Aviv
A rocket or part of a rocket fired from Gaza scored a direct hit on a house in a suburb of Tel Aviv. The house in Yehud was seriously damaged on Tuesday, in the first direct hit on a home in Israel’s center since the start of Operation Protective Edge 15 days ago. At least…
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Fast Forward Israeli Professor Suggests Rape Would Serve as ‘Terror Deterrent’
(Haaretz) — “The only thing that can deter terrorists, like those who kidnapped the children and killed them, is the knowledge that their sister or their mother will be raped.” This assertion was made by Middle East scholar Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University on an Israel Radio program. “It sounds very bad, but that’s…
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