- Title: ISRAEL: Israeli troops deployed near Gaza border
- Date: 25th August 2014
- Summary: ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL (AUGUST 25, 2014) (REUTERS) SUNRISE VARIOUS OF TANKS NEAR ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER BIRDS PICKING FOOD FROM GROUND VARIOUS OF TANKS DEPLOYED ISRAELI FLAG ON TANK BARREL ISRAELI SOLDIER WALKING TO PRAYER VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS PRAYING SOLDIER'S WEAPON VARIOUS OF SUNRISE TANKS ISRAELI FLAG VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS IN TANKS
- Embargoed: 9th September 2014 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Israel
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Defence / Military
- Reuters ID: LVA9PUDPVVWUFRQI16H64ICB1VXX
- Story Text: Israeli soldiers and tanks were deployed on Monday morning (August 25) near the Gaza border as militants kept up constant rocket and mortar strikes on southern Israel.
The military said 117 rockets and mortars were launched on Sunday (August 24), nine of them intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome system. Israeli media reported on Monday rockets were launched towards Tel Aviv.
Thousands of homes in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or damaged in the conflict. Nearly 500,000 people have been displaced in the territory of 1.8 million where Palestinians, citing Israeli attacks that have hit schools and mosques, say no place is safe.
Israel has said Hamas bears responsibility for civilian casualties because it operates among non-combatants. The group, it said, uses schools and mosques to store weapons and as launching sites for cross-border rocket attacks.
Palestinian health officials say 2,115 people, most of them civilians and more than 400 of them children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since July 8, when Israel launched an offensive with the declared aim of ending Palestinian rocket fire into its territory.
Sixty-four Israeli soldiers and four civilians in Israel have been killed. Israel's president attended the funeral on Sunday of a four-year-old boy killed in a mortar bomb attack on Friday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israelis should be prepared for the war to continue after classes begin on September 1. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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