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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Shrugs Off Gaza Rocket Salvo — Toll at 151
Hamas warned Israel in a Hebrew message that it would fire on Tel Aviv in a barrage that would test the Iron Dome missile defense system. The rockets were fired on Tel Aviv after 9 p.m. on Saturday, an hour after Hamas warned the operators of the Iron Dome batteries to be “prepared to the…
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Fast Forward 15 Killed in Strike on Gaza Police Chief
An Israeli air strike on the home of Gaza’s police chief killed 15 Palestinians on Saturday, the Gaza health ministry said, the deadliest attack since Israel launched an offensive in the enclave five days ago. An Israeli military spokesman said he was checking the report. A source in Gaza’s dominant Hamas group said the police…
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Opinion What Does 192-to-1 Death Toll Say About Gaza War?
(JTA) — The ratio of Palestinian deaths to Israeli deaths is one of the most important measurements of the Gaza war. The toll clearly disproportionate — as of this writing, about 192:1. There are a few different ways to look at this rate. Critics of Israel herald the lopsided figure as evidence of Israeli barbarism….
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Fast Forward Israel ‘Pinpoint’ Strikes Kill Mostly Gaza Innocents — Entire Families Wiped Out
The Israeli military’s “pinpoint strikes” on houses in Gaza have killed whole families and children but few of the wanted men they are meant to target because they have long made themselves scarce, Palestinian residents say. After five days of cross-border barrages between Gaza militants and Israel’s air force, at least 81 of the 121…
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Fast Forward Defiant Benjamin Netanyahu Vows To Press Gaza Attack as Toll Reaches 121
Israel said on Friday it would not bow to international pressure to end air strikes in Gaza that officials there said had killed almost 100 Palestinians, despite an offer by U.S. President Barack Obama to help negotiate a ceasefire with militants. Asked if Israel might move from the mostly aerial attacks of the past four…
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Fast Forward American Jewish Leaders Plan Solidarity Trip to Israel
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is organizing a solidarity visit by U.S. Jewish leaders to Israel. The delegation, which will arrive on Monday July 14, will meet government and military officials and tour areas susceptible to rocket fire by Hamas. “We trust that our presence will be a source of strength…
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Opinion Where’s Jewish Fury Over Tariq Abu Khdeir Beating?
Tariq Abu Khdeir is hugged by his mother following his beating in East Jerusalem / Getty Images I have no idea what Tariq Khdeir was doing on the day he was savagely beaten. I have no idea if — like the American high school student in my own home – Tariq woke up late and…
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Fast Forward Hamas Threatens Tel Aviv Airport as Death Toll From Israel Strikes Rises to 96
A fourth day of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 11 more Palestinians on Friday, raising the death toll in the coastal enclave to at least 96, most of them civilians, Palestinian officials said. Facing a possible Israeli ground invasion, militants warned international airlines they would fire rockets at Tel Aviv’s main airport….
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