1:25 pm GMT: The head of Hamas’ military wing, Ahmed
Jabari, has been killed in an Israeli airstrike, both Hamas and Israel
confirm, as the IDF announces a widespread campaign on “terror targets”
and begins bombing the Gaza Strip.
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| Palestinian firefighters extinguish fire from the car of Ahmaed Jaabari, head of the military wing of the Hamas movement, the Ezzedin Qassam Brigades, after it was hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on November 14, 2012. (AFP Photo / Mahmud Hams) |
1:30 pm GMT: Jabari was traveling in his vehicle in Gaza City when his car was struck.
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| A Hamas policeman checks a destroyed car of Hamas’s military chief following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City November 14, 2012. (Reuters / Mohammed Salem) |
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| Palestinian security forces wheel into a hospital the body of Ahmaed Jaabari, head of the military wing of the Hamas movement, the Ezzedin Qassam Brigades, after the car he was riding was hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on November 14, 2012. (Reuters /Mohammed Abed) |
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| Palestinian youths look inside a building where the body of Ahmaed Jaabari, head of the military wing of the Hamas movement, the Ezzedin Qassam Brigades, was brought to after the car he was riding was hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on November 14, 2012. (Reuters / Mohammed Abed) |
1:35 pm GMT: The crackdown follows the recent escalation of violence in the region. The conflict broke out last week when Palestinian militants attacked at an Israeli military jeep.
Israel responded with retaliatory attacks, to which the Gaza Strip replied with heavy rocket fire at southern Israel.
Israel responded with retaliatory attacks, to which the Gaza Strip replied with heavy rocket fire at southern Israel.
1:45 pm GMT: The IDF stated on its website that it has launched a
“widespread campaign on terror sites and operatives in the Gaza Strip”and Jabari was its first target. He’s the highest ranking Hamas official to be killed since 2009, when Israel conducted ground offensive against Gaza.
2:20 pm GMT: Many of the buildings in the downtown Gaza city are on fire after being attacked by Israeli warplanes, RT`s Arabic correspondent Saed Swerky reports in his Twitter.
2:35 pm GMT: Dozens of injuries in a strike on a HOUSE that belongs to Arafat family. Ambulances haven’t arrived there yet.
2:40 pm GMT: Explosions rock Gaza as Israeli jets bomb Hamas positions, our correspondent reports.
The death toll from the Israeli strikes on Gaza has risen to nine.
2:47 pm GMT: Killing of top Hamas Ahmed Jabari brings Hamas into open war with Israel.
2:50 pm GMT: IDF declare the onset of a wide scale air, maritime and land military operation against Gaza.
2:53 pm GMT: IDF is moving army brigades to the South to prepare for a ground assault. Home Front Command meeting for possible attack on Tel Aviv
2:55 pm GMT: All options are on the table. If necessary, the IDF is ready to initiate a ground operation in Gaza.
2:58 pm GMT: The IDF has seriously damaged Hamas’ long-range missile capabilities (40 km/25 mi range) & underground weapons storage facilities.
3:00 pm GMT: Netanyahu: The world must understand that Israel has the right and a total obligation to defend its citizens.
3:01 pm GMT: Hamas spokesman: “Netanyahu can kill Palestinians but struggle against occupation will continue”
3:03 pm GMT: Netanyahu officially announces the military operation against the Palestinian military parties in Gaza
3:15 pm GMT: Hamas says Israeli Prime Minister Nyetanyahu ‘will regret this operation’ as Israeli jets bomb over 20 sites in Gaza.
3:20 pm GMT: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood calls on Egypt’s president to review its relations with Israel following Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza
3:25 pm GMT: Israeli military starts emergency call up of reservists while saying they are prepared for a ground invasion of Gaza.
3:30 pm GMT: Palestinian health ministry in Gaza announces death toll so far is 9, including, at least, one kid.
3:32 pm GMT: Israel starts emergency call up of reservists, says they’re prepared for ground invasion of Gaza.
3:34 pm GMT: Iran Condemns Israel’s Fresh Strikes on Gaza – Fars News Agency.
3:35 pm GMT: The Israeli army plans to persist with a land and air military operation targeting ‘all militants’ in Gaza for 72 hours, al-Mayadeen.
3:35 pm GMT: The Israeli army plans to persist with a land and air military operation targeting ‘all militants’ in Gaza for 72 hours, al-Mayadeen.
3:40 pm GMT: Israel Announces Gaza Invasion Via Twitter, Marks the first time a military campaign goes public via tweet, according to the fast company online magazine.
3:42 pm GMT: 7 year old Raneen Arafat killed says Al Shifa Hospita, Gaza, according to Palestinian activists.
3:50 pm GMT: Haaretz reports that the IDF has hit Rafah again, with the IDF claiming that the strike killed “two terrorists” riding on motorcycles.
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| Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip November 14, 2012. (Reuters / Amir Cohen) |
4:00 pm GMT: IDF issues draft orders for Israeli Homefront Command reserve soldiers, according to Haaretz.
4:11 pm GMT: Egypt recalling ambassador to Israel. MB asking to review relationship with Israel, according to blogger Gaza Under Attack.
4:12 pm GMT: Egypt’s FM condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza, and urges Israel to end attacks immediately acording to Al Arabiya.
4:15 pm GMT: Hamas says Israeli Prime Minister Nyetanyahu ‘will regret this operation,’ as Israeli jets bomb over 20 sites in Gaza.
Hamas official: Israel will ‘pay a price for this cowardly assassination’.
Hamas official: Israel will ‘pay a price for this cowardly assassination’.
4:20 pm GMT: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood calls on Egypt’s president to review its relations with Israel following Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza.
4:25 pm GMT: Israeli military starts emergency call up of reservists while saying they are prepared for a ground invasion of Gaza.
4:30 pm GMT: Palestinian health ministry in Gaza announces death toll so far is 9, including, at least, one kid.
4:32 pm GMT: Israel starts emergency call up of reservists, says they’re prepared for ground invasion of Gaza.
4:34 pm GMT: Iran Condemns Israel’s Fresh Strikes on Gaza – Fars News Agency.
4:35 pm GMT: The Israeli army plans to persist with a land and air military operation targeting ‘all militants’ in Gaza for 72 hours, al-Mayadeen.
4:40 pm GMT: Israel Announces Gaza Invasion Via Twitter, Marks the first time a military campaign goes public via tweet, according to the fast company online magazine.
4:40 pm GMT: Israel Announces Gaza Invasion Via Twitter, Marks the first time a military campaign goes public via tweet, according to the fast company online magazine.
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| Palestinian medics wheel a wounded boy into the al-shifa hospital in Gaza City following an Israeli air strike on November 14, 2012. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams) |
5:00 pm GMT: IDF issues draft orders for Israeli Homefront Command reserve soldiers, according to Haaretz.
5:11 pm GMT: Egypt recalling ambassador to Israel. MB asking to review relationship with Israel, according to blogger Gaza Under Attack.
5:12 pm GMT: Egypt’s FM condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza, and urges Israel to end attacks immediately acording to Al Arabiya.
5:12 pm GMT: Egypt’s FM condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza, and urges Israel to end attacks immediately acording to Al Arabiya.
5:21 pm GMT: Medical sources in Gaza saying at least 9 dead and 20 wounded.
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| Palestinians stand next to wounded children at a hospital after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City November 14, 2012. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem) |
5:24 pm GMT: Israel confirms 10 dead in Gaza, reports say.
5:25 pm GMT: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says it “will not allow the Palestinians to be subjected to Israeli aggression”.
5:30 pm GMT: Britain has called for restraint after Israeli strike on Gaza, saying that further violence was in no one’s interests according to Al Arabiya.
5:32 pm GMT: Palestinian President Abbas calls for urgent Arab League meeting after Israeli strike on Gaza according to Alarabiya.
5:38 pm GMT: UN Chief Ban Ki-moon reiterates call for de-escalation of tensions in Gaza on both sides, spokesman says.
5:40 pm GMT: Israel has carried out 2 new bombing raids in the Tel el-Hawa and Zetun districts of Gaza city, according to bloggers in Gaza.
5:45 pm GMT: Big explosion near home of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Zahar according to Al Arabiya correspondent.
5:56 pm GMT: Pentagon: “We stand by our Israeli partners in their right to defend themselves against terrorism”, news agencies report.
6:04 pm GMT: PM Netanyahu & Defense Minister Barak to make a joint statement statement to the Israeli public at 2030. (8:30 pm)
6:04 pm GMT: PM Netanyahu & Defense Minister Barak to make a joint statement statement to the Israeli public at 2030. (8:30 pm)
6:15 pm GMT: Defense Minister Ehud Barak has declared a special situation in all Israeli territory, covering all Israeli cities up to a radius of 40 kilometers around the Gaza Strip.
6:20 pm GMT: the IDF has warned Hamas leaders not to show their faces above ground in the days ahead.
6:24 pm GMT: Six rockets from the Gaza strip hurled toward Beersheba on Wednesday evening, Army Radio and Jerusalem Post staff reported.
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| Palestinian youths evacuate an elderly man following an Israeli air strike on November 14, 2012 in Gaza City. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed) |
6:27 pm GMT: The Iron Dome rocket defense system successfully intercepted a total of 15 rockets on Wednesday evening, Israeli’s Channel 2 reported.
6:30 pm GMT: Medics in Gaza report more than 30 injuries in the last attack on Tal Al-Hawa most of whom are kids and women, according to tweets from inside Gaza.
6:35 pm GMT: Israeli Navy has struck terror sites in the Gaza Strip according to an IDF spokesman.
6:40 pm GMT:“Israel’s goal is to achieve a long-term ceasefire with Egyptian mediation. IDF will continue to pound Gaza until such a truce is reached” says Volunteers for Israel, a charity that connects Israel and the USA.
6:45 pm GMT: Health minister says 10 people killed in 20 airstrikes on Gaza Strip today, including 2 young children according to AP.
6:30 pm GMT: Medics in Gaza report more than 30 injuries in the last attack on Tal Al-Hawa most of whom are kids and women, according to tweets from inside Gaza.
6:35 pm GMT: Israeli Navy has struck terror sites in the Gaza Strip according to an IDF spokesman.
6:40 pm GMT:“Israel’s goal is to achieve a long-term ceasefire with Egyptian mediation. IDF will continue to pound Gaza until such a truce is reached” says Volunteers for Israel, a charity that connects Israel and the USA.
6:45 pm GMT: Health minister says 10 people killed in 20 airstrikes on Gaza Strip today, including 2 young children according to AP.
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| Palestinian medics carry a wounded baby into the al-shifa hospital in Gaza City following an Israeli air strike on November 14, 2012. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams) |
6:54 pm GMT: Israeli prime minister says military is `prepared to expand’ Gaza operation, according to AP.
6:58 pm GMT: Israeli Defence Minster Ehud Barak says “We are at the start of the action, not the end. But in the long term, this military action will restore calm” according to the Jerusalem Post.
7:00 pm GMT: Palestinians in Gaza fired two rockets in the Eshkol region of southern Israel Wednesday night. The rockets exploded in open areas and no injuries or damages were reported, according to AP.
7:06 pm GMT: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Grad rocket toward Dimona Wednesday night, Channel 2 reported. No injuries or damages were reported from the attack. It was not immediately clear where the rocket struck, according to the Jerusalem Post.
7:10 pm GMT: Locals inside Gaza take to Twiiter to claim that at least 3 children have already been killed in the attacks.
7:15 pm GMT: Hamas has announced a state of emergency in Gaza, and evacuated all its security buildings, according to bloggers in Gaza.
7:20 pm GMT: People in Gaza describe how ships have been shelling the ground, they can hear bombs dropping, F16s flying above them all day & drones buzzing overhead, according to tweets from inside Gaza.
6:58 pm GMT: Israeli Defence Minster Ehud Barak says “We are at the start of the action, not the end. But in the long term, this military action will restore calm” according to the Jerusalem Post.
7:00 pm GMT: Palestinians in Gaza fired two rockets in the Eshkol region of southern Israel Wednesday night. The rockets exploded in open areas and no injuries or damages were reported, according to AP.
7:06 pm GMT: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Grad rocket toward Dimona Wednesday night, Channel 2 reported. No injuries or damages were reported from the attack. It was not immediately clear where the rocket struck, according to the Jerusalem Post.
7:10 pm GMT: Locals inside Gaza take to Twiiter to claim that at least 3 children have already been killed in the attacks.
7:15 pm GMT: Hamas has announced a state of emergency in Gaza, and evacuated all its security buildings, according to bloggers in Gaza.
7:20 pm GMT: People in Gaza describe how ships have been shelling the ground, they can hear bombs dropping, F16s flying above them all day & drones buzzing overhead, according to tweets from inside Gaza.
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| Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip November 14, 2012. (Reuters/Darren Whiteside) |
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| A Palestinian man evacuates a woman following Israeli air strikes in Gaza City November 14, 2012. (Reuters/Ahmed Zakot) |
7:22 pm GMT: Former US President Jimmy Carter was quoted by Israel’s Haaretz daiy as saying: “Both sides should cease all hostilities; Israel should end iblockade of Gaza“.
7:27 pm GMT: Egypt has decided to withdraw its ambassador to Israel.
7:34 pm GMT: Egypt’s president orders UN representative to call for emergency security council meeting over Israel Gaza strikes, spokesman says, according to Egyptian state TV.
7:40 pm GMT: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov calls for end to violence in Gaza.
7:48 pm GMT: According to AlJazeera, the Israeli army has reported a rocket from Gaza hitting a shopping center in a southern Israeli city.
7:55 pm GMT: Israel is reportedly preparing for a ground operation into Gaza.
8:43 pm GMT: Israel’s ambassador to Egypt has left for Tel Aviv together with a number of the embassy’s employees, claim some media reports. Others insist embassy functioning as usual.
8:51 pm GMT: The Arab League will meet Saturday to discuss the Gaza attack, reports Egypt’s news agency.
9:06 pm GMT: The Israeli Security Cabinet has given the IDF permission to draft reservists and expand the Gaza operation.
7:27 pm GMT: Egypt has decided to withdraw its ambassador to Israel.
7:34 pm GMT: Egypt’s president orders UN representative to call for emergency security council meeting over Israel Gaza strikes, spokesman says, according to Egyptian state TV.
7:40 pm GMT: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov calls for end to violence in Gaza.
7:48 pm GMT: According to AlJazeera, the Israeli army has reported a rocket from Gaza hitting a shopping center in a southern Israeli city.
7:55 pm GMT: Israel is reportedly preparing for a ground operation into Gaza.
8:43 pm GMT: Israel’s ambassador to Egypt has left for Tel Aviv together with a number of the embassy’s employees, claim some media reports. Others insist embassy functioning as usual.
8:51 pm GMT: The Arab League will meet Saturday to discuss the Gaza attack, reports Egypt’s news agency.
9:06 pm GMT: The Israeli Security Cabinet has given the IDF permission to draft reservists and expand the Gaza operation.
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| A rocket is launched from Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip towards Israel, on November 14, 2012. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib) |
9:37 pm GMT: Israeli National Security Minister Avi Dichter: “We have no intention to end this round of fighting and suffer more hits in the next”
10:26 pm GMT: Hamas’ armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, claims to be shelling “the occupied city of Tel Aviv”.
10:43 pm GMT: Alarms sound in Be’er Sheva as two Gaza rockets hit city; no casualties reported.
12:02 am GMT: Palestinians report 15 people dead and over 100 wounded since the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense.
10:26 pm GMT: Hamas’ armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, claims to be shelling “the occupied city of Tel Aviv”.
10:43 pm GMT: Alarms sound in Be’er Sheva as two Gaza rockets hit city; no casualties reported.
12:02 am GMT: Palestinians report 15 people dead and over 100 wounded since the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense.
12:51 am GMT: The United Nations Security Council has called an emergency meeting to discuss escalating tensions between Israel and the Palestinian territory of Gaza. The meeting is scheduled for 0200 GMT, and will take place behind closed doors.
1:13 am GMT: Diplomats say both the Israeli and Palestinian envoys are to speak at the emergency UNSC meeting.
1:13 am GMT: Diplomats say both the Israeli and Palestinian envoys are to speak at the emergency UNSC meeting.
1:57 am GMT: Worldwide protests are being planned to protest Israeli strikes in Gaza. People in the US, the UK, Israel and many European countries plan to gather to show their concern over escalating violence in the Middle East.
2:34 am GMT: Russia hopes the UNSC will convince Israel to cease fire, said the country’s permanent representative in the United Nations Vitaly Churkin.
3:06 am GMT: Increasing number of reports claim Israel is planning to shut down internet services in Gaza, citing IDF.
3:25 am GMT: Internet hacktivist collective ‘Anonymous’ claims to have taken down the Israeli Defense Ministry website www.idf.il. In a message shared via one of the group’s Twitter accounts, they posted the site address with a popular hashtag used for similar actions, ‘tango down’.
3:50 am GMT: President of the Security Council Hardeep Singh Puri calls for the end of violence in Gaza during UNSC meeting.
3:55 am GMT: Palestine warns UNSC that Israel is mobilizing on the ground as the emergency meeting is happening and that fear and panic engulf Gaza’s population.
4:15 am GMT: The UN Security Council emergency meeting on Gaza ends with no concrete decision reached.
4:40 am GMT: Palestine says if Israel does not stop aggression, it will keep returning to UN Security Council seeking a resolution.
2:34 am GMT: Russia hopes the UNSC will convince Israel to cease fire, said the country’s permanent representative in the United Nations Vitaly Churkin.
3:06 am GMT: Increasing number of reports claim Israel is planning to shut down internet services in Gaza, citing IDF.
3:25 am GMT: Internet hacktivist collective ‘Anonymous’ claims to have taken down the Israeli Defense Ministry website www.idf.il. In a message shared via one of the group’s Twitter accounts, they posted the site address with a popular hashtag used for similar actions, ‘tango down’.
3:50 am GMT: President of the Security Council Hardeep Singh Puri calls for the end of violence in Gaza during UNSC meeting.
3:55 am GMT: Palestine warns UNSC that Israel is mobilizing on the ground as the emergency meeting is happening and that fear and panic engulf Gaza’s population.
4:15 am GMT: The UN Security Council emergency meeting on Gaza ends with no concrete decision reached.
4:40 am GMT: Palestine says if Israel does not stop aggression, it will keep returning to UN Security Council seeking a resolution.
5:04 am GMT: One million citizens in Israel spent the
night in bomb shelters, hiding from dozens of rockets flying in from
Gaza, according to the IDF.
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| Israelis prepare to sleep in a bomb shelter in the southern town of Netivot November 14, 2012. (Reuters / Nir Elias) |
5:05 am GMT: 25 rockets have been fired since midnight from Gaza, Haaretz reports.
05:04 am GMT: One million citizens in Israel spent the night in bomb shelters, hiding from dozens of rockets flying in from Gaza, according to the IDF.
5:24 am GMT: Reports of civilian casualties in Israeli airstrikes: BBC Arabic journalist Omar Jihad lost his 11 month-old-son, sister-in-law and has a brother wounded in a Gaza strike.
5:12 am GMT: Israel continued its rocket attacks in Gaza overnight, according to Haaretz.
5:09 am GMT: Three Palestinian militants killed by Israeli strike in southern Gaza Strip, AFP reports.
05:04 am GMT: One million citizens in Israel spent the night in bomb shelters, hiding from dozens of rockets flying in from Gaza, according to the IDF.
5:24 am GMT: Reports of civilian casualties in Israeli airstrikes: BBC Arabic journalist Omar Jihad lost his 11 month-old-son, sister-in-law and has a brother wounded in a Gaza strike.
5:12 am GMT: Israel continued its rocket attacks in Gaza overnight, according to Haaretz.
5:09 am GMT: Three Palestinian militants killed by Israeli strike in southern Gaza Strip, AFP reports.
5:41 am GMT:
IDF disperses leaflets over Gaza Strip, warning residents to stay away
from Hamas and terror operatives because that would pose a risk to their
safety and stating that Hamas is dragging the region into violence.
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| A picture taken from the southern Israeli town of Sderot shows warning leaflets falling on the Gaza Strip dropped by Israeli military planes on November 15, 2012. (AFP Photo / Mohammed Abed) |
5:52 am GMT: About 100 people protested outside Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s apartment in Tel Aviv Wednesday night following the start of the offensive on Gaza. The activists were shouting “money for welfare, not war.”
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| (Image from screenshot of youtube video user@SocialTV) |
5:58 am GMT: Death toll from Israeli strike on Gaza Strip rises to 13 dead and more than 100 injured, PressTV reports.
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| A Palestinian man looks at the damage after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City November 15, 2012. (Reuters / Suhaib Salem) |
6:16 am GMT: All schools within a 40km range of Gaza have been closed. People living within a 7km range of the Gaza border are not allowed to leave their homes and gatherings of over 100 people in one place are prohibited, Yeshiva World News reports.
6:19 am GMT: Israel’s army has allowed journalists to go into Gaza, but police are not letting cars pass in order to get there, according to the BBC’s Middle East Bureau Chief Paul Danahar.
6:34 am GMT: Hamas stated that they will avenge the assassination of one of the organization’s leaders, Ahmed al-Jabari, who was killed in the Israeli missile strike, by sending suicide bombers into Israel.
6:19 am GMT: Israel’s army has allowed journalists to go into Gaza, but police are not letting cars pass in order to get there, according to the BBC’s Middle East Bureau Chief Paul Danahar.
6:34 am GMT: Hamas stated that they will avenge the assassination of one of the organization’s leaders, Ahmed al-Jabari, who was killed in the Israeli missile strike, by sending suicide bombers into Israel.
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| A picture taken from the southern Israeli town of Sderot shows smoke billowing from a spot targeted by an Israeli air strike inside the Gaza strip on November 15, 2012. (AFP Photo / Jack Guez) |
7:05 am GMT: A baby has been seriously injured by a rocket attack on a house in the South of Israel, tweets RT correspondent Tom Barton.
7:06 am GMT: Rocket strikes on the South of Israel have killed three people, reports Israeli television.
7:32 am GMT: Alarm sirens are going off in a number of southern Israeli cities close to the border with Gaza, including Ashdod, Yavne and Kiryat Malakhi, reports RT’s Paula Slier.
8:11 am GMT: Two women and a man were killed in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Malachi when a rocket hit a building. A one-year old child and another infant were also injured in the strike. Additionally, 10 people suffered panic attacks, according to Israeli publication Ynet.
8:19 am GMT: Angry crowds are gathering in Gaza to participate in the funeral of Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari, killed by an Israeli airstrike.
8:23 am GMT: Egypt has opened the Rafah border crossing in preparation for possible inflow of injured from Gaza. Hospitals and ambulance service are on standby.
7:06 am GMT: Rocket strikes on the South of Israel have killed three people, reports Israeli television.
7:32 am GMT: Alarm sirens are going off in a number of southern Israeli cities close to the border with Gaza, including Ashdod, Yavne and Kiryat Malakhi, reports RT’s Paula Slier.
8:11 am GMT: Two women and a man were killed in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Malachi when a rocket hit a building. A one-year old child and another infant were also injured in the strike. Additionally, 10 people suffered panic attacks, according to Israeli publication Ynet.
8:19 am GMT: Angry crowds are gathering in Gaza to participate in the funeral of Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari, killed by an Israeli airstrike.
8:23 am GMT: Egypt has opened the Rafah border crossing in preparation for possible inflow of injured from Gaza. Hospitals and ambulance service are on standby.
9:12 am GMT: BBC correspondent Jihad Masharawi weeps as he cradles his 11-month-old son in his arms after he was burned alive during an Israeli rocket attack.
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| (Image from twitter user@WalaaGh) |
9:28 am GMT: A crater caused by the impact of Israeli missiles in Gaza city, following a barrage of 60 rockets targeting Palestinian territory.
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| A general view shows a crater at a sport targeted by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City in the early hours of November 15, 2012. (AFP Photo / Mahmud Hams) |
9:47 am GMT: The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas has announced it is launching “Operation Shale Stones” in response to the Israeli “Pillar of Defense”.
