ISRAEL: Israeli soldiers and tanks keep their positions near the Gaza border as the conflict continues despite ceasefire efforts

Record ID: 398685

  • Title: ISRAEL: Israeli soldiers and tanks keep their positions near the Gaza border as the conflict continues despite ceasefire efforts
  • Date: 26th August 2014
  • Summary: ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL (AUGUST 26, 2014) (REUTERS) SUNRISE ISRAELI TROOPS ON BACKDROP OF SUNRISE ISRAELI FLAG ON BACKDROP OF SUNRISE ISRAELI SOLDIER ON BACKDROP OF SUNRISE SOLDIER BRUSHING TEETH SOLDIER WALKING SOLDIER WALKING / MILITARY VEHICLES SOLDIER NEAR SHELLS ISRAELI MILITARY VEHICLES VARIOUS OF TANKS SOLDIER WALKING NEAR ARMOURED VEHICLES
  • Embargoed: 10th September 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA21GWN25RZTEYOYZOT144IF1KS
  • Story Text: Israeli troops were deployed near the Gaza border on Tuesday (August 26), as fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in the coastal enclave resumed despite Egyptian mediated efforts to achieve a ceasefire.
    Early on Tuesday, a rocket launched from Gaza hit a house in the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon and lightly wounded three Israelis, local media reported.
    Before dawn, Israeli airstrikes killed two Palestinians and destroyed much of one of Gaza's tallest apartment and office buildings, setting off huge explosions and wounding 20 people, Palestinian health officials said.
    Israel had no immediate comment on the attacks that took place as Egyptian mediators stepped up efforts to achieve an elusive ceasefire to end seven weeks of fighting.
    Palestinian health officials say 2,125 people, most of them civilians, including more than 490 children, have been killed in Gaza since July 8, when Israel launched an offensive with the declared aim of ending rocket fire into its territory.
    Sixty-four Israeli soldiers and four civilians in Israel have been killed.
    The attacks followed a day of heavy rocket fire at Israel, whose military said more than 130 rockets and mortar bombs were fired from Gaza on Monday, one of them injuring a civilian.
    Hamas claimed responsibility for firing rockets at Tel Aviv, at least one of which was shot down by Israel's Iron Dome interceptor. Warning sirens were also heard in Israeli communities bordering Ben-Gurion International Airport.
    Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least nine Palestinians in Gaza.
    Despite the raging violence, there were signs the sides might be edging toward a new ceasefire.
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