ISRAEL: On break from combat, Israeli soldiers receive haircuts and shaves

Record ID: 401286

  • Title: ISRAEL: On break from combat, Israeli soldiers receive haircuts and shaves
  • Date: 29th July 2014
  • Summary: NEAR ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL (JULY 29, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TANKS AT BORDER SOLDIER DESCENDING FROM TANK TANKS ON STAND BY SOLDIERS ON TANKS ARMY JEEP DRIVING ISRAELI FLAG SOLDIERS AROUND TANKS VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS GETTING SHAVED VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS GETTING HAIRCUTS SOLDIERS AROUND TANKS VARIOUS OF SOLDIER ON TOP OF TANK, FIXING PART OF TURRET TANK MOVING IN FI
  • Embargoed: 13th August 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAHU8PJKFBLMXA6O1DNF7KBYOH
  • Story Text: Amid dust from tanks, Israeli soldiers who were given a short break from Gaza fighting on Tuesday (July 29) were welcomed at a field grooming station near the Gaza border, where barbers cut their hair and shaved their beards after days of combat.
    The reprieve could be short, as a ceasefire remains elusive.
    The Israeli assault on Gaza intensified following the deaths of 10 Israeli soldiers in cross-border attacks on Monday (July 28), with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning of a long conflict ahead.
    This bring Israel's military death toll to 53 soldiers, in addition to three civilians.
    Efforts led by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry last week failed to achieve a breakthrough, and the explosion of violence appeared to dash international hopes of turning a brief lull for the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival into a longer-term ceasefire.
    Netanyahu said on Monday the military would not end its offensive until it destroys a network of Hamas tunnels, which Israel says serve as the group's bunkers, weapon caches and cross-border infiltration routes to attack Israelis.
    The Israeli military said 70 targets were struck in Gaza during the night, including four weapons caches it said were hidden in mosques, and a rocket launcher near another mosque. Residents said 20 houses were destroyed and two mosques hit.
    More than 1,100 Gazans, most of them civilians, have been killed in the conflict.
    Health officials said at least 30 Palestinians were killed in some of heaviest bombardments from air, sea and land since the Israeli offensive began in response to Hamas rocket fire.
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