July 9, 2014/ Middle East Briefing - Israel strikes on Gaza kill 27, wound at least 100 An Israeli operation against Palestinians in Gaza killed 27 people on Tuesday and wounded more than 100, emergency services said, in the deadliest day of violence in the coastal strip since 2012. - Four Gazans entering Israel by sea killed: Army Israeli forces killed four Palestinians Tuesday who landed on a beach in southern Israel a short distance from the Gaza Strip and attacked a military base, the army said. - Israel says no casualties after reported Hamas rocket fire on cities Israel said it knew of no casualties from a long-range Palestinian rocket salvo on Tuesday that Hamas said targeted cities including central Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, as well as Haifa in the north. - Nine attackers killed in assault on presidential palace An attack by Shebab rebels against Somalias presidential palace has ended with at least nine of the attackers killed, a security official told AFP. - Islamic State rounds up ex-Baathists to eliminate potential rivals in Iraqs Mosul In the past week, Islamic State Sunni militants who overran the city of Mosul last month have rounded up between 25 and 60 senior ex-military officers and members of former dictator Saddam Husseins banned Baath party, residents and relatives say. - Egypts El-Sisi offers full support to Iraqs Maliki President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi assured Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki that Egypt is willing to give its full support to get Iraq out of its current crisis, Egyptian presidential spokesperson Ehab Badawi told reporters on Tuesday. In a phone call with Al-Maliki, El-Sisi expressed Egypts concern regarding recent developments in Iraq that he said are threatening its unity and called for Iraqs national constituencies to align to resolve their problems. - Thousands of civilians flee north Yemen battle: Red Crescent Some 10,000 families have fled the northern Yemeni city of Amran in three days to escape an intensified battle between the army and Shiite rebels, the Red Crescent said Tuesday. It has been the scene of fighting between troops and Huthi rebels -- also known as Ansarullah -- as well as tribes on both sides since February as the rebels advanced from their mountain strongholds towards the capital.
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