The Foreign Press Association (FPA) today issued a condemnation of the systematic harassment that journalists in Gaza have suffered at the hands of Hamas. The statement read in part: The FPA protests in the strongest terms the blatant, incessant, forceful and unorthodox methods employed by the Hamas authorities and their...
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Israel envisions a demilitarized Gaza where Palestinian civilians receive humanitarian aid and supplies, but Hamas is cut off from getting resupplied with materials or money, according to Justice Minister Tzipi Livni. Livni headed the Israeli peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but has been a mainstream supporter of Operation Protective Edge. She presented...
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Two rounds of attacks on the Kerem Shalom crossing Sunday saw rockets and mortars exploded in the goods loading area, forcing Israel to close the border and temporarily halt the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An Israeli Defense Ministry statement said: Footage from security cameras showed several shells hitting the ground, exploding with...
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The terrorist group Hamas has executed dozens of workers responsible for its tunnel system in the past few weeks, according to a report in the Israeli news site Mako (Hebrew link), and expanded upon by the Times of Israel. The tunnelers, many of whom constructed the tunnels over the course of months, would...
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In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly defended Israel’s war against Hamas and identified anti-Semitism as a motivating factor behind many of the demonstrations against Israel. Clinton’s initial response to the question as to whether or not Israel was justified in...
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Hamas published a statement on its military website threatening to kill thousands of Israelis and damage Israel’s economy unless their demands were met. The statement mentioned no compromise for an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, but said Hamas wanted to expand the fighting to a ”war of liberation.” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said: There...
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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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Today was the thirty-second day of Operation Protective Edge. Today The Tower covered Hamas’ immediate abrogation of the Egyptian sponsored 72-hour ceasefire immediately upon its expiration. Hamas fired at least 35 rockets towards Israel, three of which were reported intercepted by the Iron Dome system. Two of the rockets crashed into...
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In an analysis published yesterday, Anthony Reuben, head of statistics for BBC News, cautioned against accepting Gaza casualty figures at face value. Working from figures from the United Nations, Reuben observes: So there were 216 members of armed groups killed, and another 725 men who were civilians. Among civilians, more...
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Yesterday The Jerusalem Post interviewed Christian Stephen of the Freelance Society, an organization that specializes in covering war zones. When asked about the intimidation he faced as a reporter, Stephen responded: A fighter inside Gaza City threatened to shoot me in the head if I didn’t stop taking pictures of...
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