Today was the thirty sixth day of Operation Protective Edge. Head of new #UN Israel-bashing Gaza "inquiry" concocts Syria defense against "powerful" West. http://t.co/9klUXggDYN pic.twitter.com/sFLusuWa2d — Anne Bayefsky (@AnneBayefsky) August 12, 2014 The Tower  Today recalled remarks made by William Schabas pegged by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)...

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Today was the thirty fourth day of Operation Protective Edge. Good title: "Hamas could have chosen peace. Instead, it made Gaza suffer" | http://t.co/2OWziqFkiX — Mike Doran (@Doranimated) August 10, 2014 Once again Israel has agreed to a seventy two hour ceasefire. This one is to start at midnight tonight....

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Today was the thirty third day of Operation Protective Edge. Since the ceasefire ended Hamas has fired roughly 100 rockets into Israel. Since the end of the ceasefire, Hamas fired approx.100 rockets at Israel. In response, the IDF targeted some 120 terror sites & 9 operatives — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August...

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Day 31 of Operation Protective Edge is over. As the third day of  the 72-hour Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire progresses, Israel has signaled a willingness to extend the ceasefire again, while Hamas is threatening to resume firing at Israel once the current ceasefire expires. One of Hamas’ demands is that Israel lift its blockade of Gaza, which...

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The latest complication in the ongoing ceasefire talks in Egypt are intra-Palestinian disagreements. The Associated Press reports: One of the Egyptian security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said the Palestinian delegation’s stance had hardened after the arrival in...

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The 29th day of Operation Protective Edge is over. The Tower today reported on the initial hours of the latest 72 hour ceasefire. One of a last minute barrage of rockets fired towards Israel from Gaza hit a house in the Palestinian town of Beth Sahour. Israel withdrew its remaining ground...

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Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip late Monday officially accepted a three-day Egypt-sponsored truce, effective 8 a.m. local time Tuesday and designed as a first step in ending roughly a month’s worth of fighting in the Gaza Strip. The proposal is almost identical to one that Israel accepted weeks...

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One of the last rockets to be fired from Gaza before a 72-hour ceasefire came into effect on Aug 5 hit a Palestinian house just outside Bethlehem in the West Bank. The rocket, fired with several others that fell in open areas in Israel or were intercepted, struck the home...

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Today was the twenty-eighth day of Operation Protective Edge and the seventeenth day of ground operations in Gaza. RT @IdoAharoni: How to meet Hamas halfway? Maybe Israel only exists Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays? – Amos Oz http://t.co/4J0ysYAnd5 — Israel in New York (@IsraelinNewYork) August 4, 2014 In The Tower today,...

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Citing the destruction of the last known terror tunnels, Israeli sources said that both the Israeli government and Hamas had agreed to an Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire. Ynet reports: Political sources in Jerusalem said Monday night: “Israel supports the Egyptian initative, Israel wanted a ceasefire without preconditions; today the tunnel demolition was completed.” The...

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