Gaza ceasefire not on agenda: Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a ceasefire with Palestinians is not “even on the agenda,” as Tel Aviv’s air strikes continue to target the Gaza Strip for the third day. Netanyahu told Knesset’s foreign affairs and military committee on Thursday that he was “not talking to anybody about a ceasefire right now.” At least 85 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed since Israel began pounding targets in the besieged enclave three days ago. On Thursday, military spokesman Peter Lerner said Israel struck more than 320 targets overnight in Gaza that belong to the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas. He also said that over 750 sites in Gaza have been hit by Israeli jets since Tuesday. Palestinian medics said that a building was hit by an Israeli strike in the Gazan city of Khan Younis earlier in the day, killing at least eight civilians. Eight more people were also killed earlier on Thursday after an Israeli jet bombed a Gaza beach café, where people were watching a football match between Argentina and the Netherlands. In retaliation, Hamas also fired more than 200 rockets from Gaza into Israeli towns and cities. Israeli media reports say that only some 60 of those rockets were intercepted by its US-funded Iron Dome missile system. Tel Aviv had warned earlier that Hamas had dozens of long-range rockets capable of striking deeper into Israel than ever before. Tens of Palestinian homes have been completely destroyed, while over 1,500 others have been partially damaged. President of the Palestinian National Unity Government Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip in order to protect its illegal settlement project.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 11:43:18 +0000
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