More than 120 Palestinians killed today in Gaza
29 July 2014 : - The Ministry of Health in Gaza has informed this afternoon that over 100 Palestinians have been killed today in Gaza by the Israeli Occupation Forces. Local media claims that the total number is 122, bringing the death toll to more than 1,200 killed since the beginning of the offensive.
The latest Israeli attack has taken place in Jabaliya, north of the Gaza Strip, where more than 14 Palestinians have been killed according to Ma’an.
Also this morning the Israeli army opened fire against the only power plant in the Gaza Strip, which caused a fire that ended up shutting down the plant. Experts claim they will need at least a year to fully repair the plant, which will considerably worsen the living conditions in Gaza and thousands will not have electricity.
Local sources say over 215,000 Palestinians have been displaced from their homes during these three weeks, and the Israeli Occupation Forces have been issuing leaflets to different areas of the Gaza Strip warning them to leave their homes.
These leaflets have been dispatched by military airplanes in the north of the Gaza Strip, in the Zeytoun neighborhood of Gaza City, central Gaza, and in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
5 Palestinians killed during the 4-hour ceasefire announced by Israel
30 July 2014: -The Ministry of Health of Gaza has announced that at least 5 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the humanitarian ceasefire at 3 p.m. One of them was identified as Wissam Dardona while the others are yet to be identified.
Local sources inform that the Israeli army has continued shelling Palestinians houses during the ceasefire all over the Gaza Strip. The Israeli website Ynet reported earlier that the areas where the ceasefire will be implemented are those where the Israeli Occupation Forces are not deployed, and that the army will continue operating uninterrupted in the rest of the Strip during the ceasefire.
The Israeli army also added that they will repond to all the rockets and attacks from the Palestinian resistance during these four hours, and that Palestinians should not go back to the places from which they were ask to leave.
The Israeli government agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire from 3 to 7 p.m. earlier today as requested by the UN. The envoy of the UN to the Middle East, Robert Serry, made the request for this ceasefire that will be implemented only in some areas of the Strip.
Moreover, the Israeli cabinet is scheduled to meet this afternoon to discuss the military operation in Gaza, and decide whether to expand it or pull back.
Moe than 75 Palestinians have been killed today and more than a hundred have been injured in different Israeli airstrikes and tank attacks.
Yesterday was the deadliest day in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli offensive began the 8th of July. The Ministry of Health reported that 128 were killed, bringing the overall Palestinian death toll to at least 1,310, with more than 7,100 wounded.
Netanyahu rejected a plan to kill Hamas leaders Meshaal and Haniyeh in Gaza
30 July 2014: - The newspaper Israel today reported this morning that the Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal to assassinate Hamas political leaders in response to the ongoing firing of rockets from Gaza to Israel.
According to the newspaper, a proposal was presented to Netanyahu with a plan to kill the heads of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal and Ismail Haniyeh. The Israeli Minister of Finance Yair Lapid, the Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman, and the leaders of the Israeli army supported this plan, but reportedly, Netanyahu rejected it because it would negatively affect Israel in the international arena.
Yair Lapid claimed that Hamas leaders are responsible for the attacks against Israel and that Israel should hold them accountable for what they are doing to harm the Jewish state.
The newspaper said Netanyahu agreed to the bombing of the homes of Hamas political leaders only if they had confirmation that they were not in the house.
An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at the house of Hamas Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh before dawn on Tuesday, causing damage but no casualties, Gaza's interior ministry said.
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