The eighteenth day of Operation Protective Edge is over, as is the first week of ground operations.
A 12-hour ceasefire was just announced.
Israel and Hamas agree to 12-hour Gaza truce on Saturday brokered by US secretary of state, reports say http://t.co/f6EsF8k5iR
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 25, 2014
A post today in The Tower reported on Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer’s chiding of CNN’s Erin Burnett due to her network’s failure to “connect the dots” and explicitly acknowledge that the blame for civilian casualties in Gaza ought to be placed on Hamas.
Lebanese journo: 'Iran should send its nuclear weapons to Hamas to use against Israel' http://t.co/VXcBxXy0UG
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 25, 2014
The Jerusalem Post reported earlier today that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel would “continu[e] Operation Protective Edge at full strength, in the air and on the ground,” given Hamas’ unreasonable negotiation demands.
.@Joan_Rivers goes on epic rant in defense of Israel: "You’re all insane, they started it!" http://t.co/JGHpQUgZaT
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) July 25, 2014
Khaled Mesha’al, Moussa Abu Marzouk, and Ismail Haniyeh aren’t just leaders of the terrorist group Hamas – they’re also fabulously wealthy. Their ill-gotten gains allow them to live comfortably and direct a terror war against Israel while the average Gazan lives in poverty.
This map shows why we continue in our mission to expose and destroy Hamas' network of terror attack tunnels. pic.twitter.com/snPnupv0ud
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 24, 2014
IDF paratroopers found a Hamas weapons cache containing many RPGs, grenades & suicide belts stuffed with shrapnel. http://t.co/Fu8mMXVugL
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 25, 2014
[Photo: Israel Defense Forces / Flickr ]