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The fifteenth day of Operation Protective Edge is over as is the fourth day of ground operations inside Gaza. 12:48am Lots of fierce fighting going on in the Khan Younis area of Gaza. IDF heavy artillery strikes can be… http://t.co/7fYGciFkAh — Muqata (@Muqata) July 22, 2014 Two more soldiers were...

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An American delegation of 13 senior firefighters and officers are in Israel as part of the Emergency Volunteer Project assisting their Israeli counterparts in extinguishing fires caused by Hamas rocket explosions. The firefighters from Los Angeles, Texas and Washington DC, have been working around the clock in Israel’s south in...

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Ynet reports today that Col. Ghassan Alian, the commander of the Golani Brigade and one of the highest ranking Druze in the IDF, has returned to fight against Hamas in Gaza, just three days after he suffered shrapnel wounds in battle. “I’m leaving hospital to go to the unit,” he...

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Israel21c reported on Sunday that Israel has set up a field hospital outside of Gaza to help treat Gazans injured in the course of Operation Preventive Edge. Israel Defense Forces Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz confirmed reports Sunday afternoon that the IDF is going to set up a field...

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With Hamas claiming that they have “captured” an Israeli soldier, Israeli army officials have revealed that they can account for only six of the seven soldiers who were reportedly killed when an armored personnel carrier was hit during a street battle in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza. However, a representative of...

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The second week of Operation Protective Edge came to an end today. It was also the end of the third day of ground operations inside Gaza. Over 1,820 rockets were fired at Israel from #Gaza by Hamas since July 8. #IsraelUnderFire — Israel Foreign Min. (@IsraelMFA) July 21, 2014 In...

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