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En detalj:
TT:s fantasier att Hamas inte var inblandade i kidnappningen är inskrivet helt på uppmaning av info från Hamas. Se t.ex. - TT hoppade över det eftersom de inte kräver att man talar sanning.
Hamas Kidnappers 'Intended to Murder Teens from the Start'
Veiled Admission? Hamas Says Kidnapping Was 'Failed Activity'
Hamas: We Tried to Kidnap a Soldier
Fatah Celebrates Kidnapping Report, Plans Day of Rage
Top Hamas sheikh admits to June kidnapping of Israeli teens
Hamas takes credit for Kidnap-Murder of Thee Israeli Teens
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Saturday, August 23
10:56 p.m. Rocket evades Iron Dome, strikes in Beersheva. It is not clear if the rocket caused injury or damage.
10:30 p.m. Air raid sirens heard in Western Galilee. One rocket lands in area.
10:00 p.m. Israel assassinated a terrorist who was in a car in Gaza on Saturday evening, the IDF Spokesperson confirmed.
9:30 p.m. An Israeli air strike destroyed a 13-story residential tower block in the center of Gaza City on Saturday and initial reports said 17 people were wounded, the Israeli army and Gaza health officials said.
The multi-story building housed an enormous Hamas command center, IDF sources said. Only combatants were inside at the time of the air strike, the sources added.
Local residents said the building housed 44 families.
8:55 p.m. Rocket siren sounds in Eshkol Regional Council.
8:45 p.m. After a day of heavy rocket fire on Israel from Gaza that targeted southern communities, sirens wailed in a number of towns in central Israel including Rishon Lezion, Holon, Yehud, Givatayim and Bat Yam.
The IDF confirmed that the Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted one rocket over the Tel Aviv area.
8:09 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Sderot and the surrounding area on Saturday evening.
7:35 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
7:30 p.m. The Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted three rockets over the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
7:08 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
7:05 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon.
6:40 p.m. The rocket and mortar fire continued at a rapid pace on Saturday, with 82 launches from Gaza into Israel between midnight and 6:30pm, according to the IDF spokesperson's office.
The IDF said that of these, 62 impact sites have been found, all but three of them in open areas.
In addition, they said that the Iron Dome interceptors have shot down 9 rockets, including four in a single salvo over Ashkelon around 6pm.
They said that the IDF has also carried out 55 strikes in Gaza over the course of the day.
6:00 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon and Ashdod.
5:10 p.m. Rocket sirens blare in the Eshkol Regional Council.
5:00 p.m. Rocket sirens blare again in Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
4:48 p.m. Rocket siren sounds in Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
4:40 p.m. Rocket siren sounds in the Eshkol Regional Council.
4:07 p.m. Iron Dome intercepts rocket over Ashdod.
4:02 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in the Sha'ar Hanegev and the Sdot Negev regional councils.
3:40 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Ashdod and surrounding areas.
3:30 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Eshkol Regional Council.
3:00 p.m. Palestinians report latest casualty in Gaza, a ten-year-old boy in Deir al-Balah, as IDF continues to strike Gaza. Media reports coming out of Gaza reported over seven air raids in the Beit Lahiya area in northern Gaza.
2:50 p.m. Daniel Tregerman, the four-year-old child who was killed by a mortar shell on Friday, will be laid to rest on Sunday at 9:00 a.m.
2:42 p.m. Egypt calls on Israel, Palestinians to accept indefinite ceasefire, resume indirect talks in Cairo to end Gaza crisis, Egypt's foreign ministry said in a statement.
2:00 p.m. Tayeb Abdel Rahim, the secretary-general of the PA presidency, condemns Hamas-led executions of suspected collaborators with Israel, calling them unlawful and "offensive to our people and our families." He added that the group's claims that the public killings of 18 suspects on Friday were done "in accordance with the law" were "absolutely not true" and went on to say they were done in cold blood.
1:30 p.m. Two rockets were intercepted over coastal cities, Ashdod and Ashkelon.
1:20 p.m. Sirens sound in Ashdod for first time on Saturday, and resume in Ashkelon.
12:55 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in the Ashkelon Coast regional council.
12:35 p.m. The IDF warned the citizens of Gaza to steer clear from Hamas rocket launching sites and other facilities used for terrorist activities. It distributed leaflets and left voice recordings warning that the IDF "will use force against military or civilian facilities that are used for terrorist activity."
"Any house that is used to wage attacks against Israel will be targeted," the IDF admonished.
12:33 p.m. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for a swift resumption of the Cairo-mediated talks between Israel and the Palestinians that failed last week to put an end to the Gaza crisis.
"My main goal is for the truce talks to resume in Egypt as soon as possible to avoid more casualties and sacrifices," Abbas told a news conference after meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
12:22 p.m. Two rockets hit a community in Eshkol; people are being treated for shock.
12:00 p.m. A rocket directly hit a community in Sha'ar Hanegev causing damage to a structure but no injuries.
11:25 a.m. Air raids alerting of incoming rockets from Gaza wail on in southern Israeli communities bordering Gaza, including Eshkol and Sha'ar HaNegev.
10:20 a.m. A fire broke out near a community in the Sdot HaNegev region, following a rocket explosion.
10:10 a.m. Rocket intercepted over Askelon
10:01 a.m. Senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzouk said his organization has signed a paper supporting any Palestinian initiative to join the International Criminal Court. Izzat Rishq, another Hamas official, confirmed the document was signed. Abbas has, as of late, said he intends to ask the courts to look into possible war crime committed by Israel.
10:00 a.m Rocket alerts sound in the coastal city, Ashkelon.
9:42 a.m. Three rockets explode in open areas outside of Sdot Negev communities, as one lands near fence. One was shot down by the Iron Dome missile defense system.
9:40 a.m. Sirens continue to sound across Sdot Negev communities.
9:30 a.m. Communities bordering Gaza in the Sha'ar HaNegev, Sdot Negev regional councils hear rocket sirens.
7:45 a.m. The Israeli Air Force struck 30 targets in the Gaza Strip since Friday night, a military spokesperson said.
Targets included weapons manufacturing sites, arms storage facilities and rocket launching pads.
Three terror sites were struck within mosques, the army said.
7:35 a.m. Three Palestinians, including a woman, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in central Gaza, Palestinian media reported Saturday morning.
Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said several people were wounded in the attack. 40 Palestinians were injured in an Israeli air raid on a house in the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City, he added.
7:30 a.m. Three rockets exploded in open territories in the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, which borders the Gaza Strip to the west.
6:27 a.m. Code Red sirens sounded in the Negev and in the Gaza border communities.
5:40 a.m. In an interview with Yahoo News in Cairo, Hamas leader
Khaled Mashaal says that Hamas does not try to target civilians.
"We do not target civilians, and we try most of the time to aim at military targets and Israeli bases," he said.
"But we admit that we have a problem. We do not have sophisticated weapons. We do not have the weapons available to our enemy … so aiming is difficult. We do promise you, though, that we will try in the future and we will warn people … We have given warnings to Israeli civilians. We promise that if we get more precise weapons, we will only target military targets."
1:40 a.m. The IDF retracted a previous claim that the rocket that killed a four-year-old boy in southern Israel was launched from near an UNRWA school. IDF Spokesman Peter Lerner said that the location was being maintained by Hamas authorities, not UNRWA.
Friday, August 22
11:23 p.m. Rocket sirens heard in Eshkol regional council.
11:16 p.m. An Israeli defense source told Channel 10 that the mortar which killed a four-year-old boy in a kibbutz near the Gaza border on Friday was launched from an UNRWA school in the Shejaiya neighborhood.
10:19 p.m. Palestinians launch rockets at Ashdod, Ashkelon, and surrounding areas.
10:13 p.m. A Palestinian rocket which landed near the town of Gan Yavne injured one man "very seriously," according to Magen David Adom rescue crews. Two others were lightly hurt.
9:43 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Ashdod, Ashkelon, and the surrounding areas.
9:40 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza frontier towns.
9:37 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza frontier towns.
9:32 p.m. Palestinian sources are reporting dozens of wounded and an unspecified number of people killed in intense Israeli aerial bombardment of the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to Channel 10.
8:51 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza frontier towns.
8:44 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza frontier towns, greater Ashkelon area.
8:43 p.m. Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman told Israeli television on Friday that military operations in Gaza must continue "until Hamas waves the white flag."
In an interview with Channel 2 that aired just a few hours after it was learned that a four-year-old boy succumbed to his wounds which he sustained as a result of a mortar strike on a kibbutz near the Gaza frontier, Liberman said that the government needs to spell out "a strategic goal" that encompasses "defeating Hamas, bringing it to submission."
"That means Hamas waves the white flag," the foreign minister said. "That is a realistic scenaio, and it must be a goal."
8:30 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Beersheba, western Negev.
7:41 p.m. In a swipe at Netanyahu, former deputy defense minister Danny Danon said on Friday that Israel's "hesitation and moderation has led to more missiles and casualties."
"After 46 days of attrition and over 4,000 rockets, the time has come to shift direction," the Likud MK said. "Only the defeat of Hamas will bring quiet to the residents of Israel."
7:32 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza frontier areas.
7:18 p.m. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed on Friday that "Hamas will pay a heavy price" for the death of a four-year-old boy who suffered fatal wounds from a barrage of mortars that struck a kibbutz not far from the border with the Gaza Strip.
The premier spoke with the head of the Sha'ar Hanegev regional council, Alon Shuster, by telephone shortly after news broke of the boy's death.
Netanyahu told Shuster that the Israeli military will intensify its actions against Hamas in the Gaza Strip "until the goals of Operation Protective Edge are achieved."
7:11 p.m. Rocket sirens wail in Gaza frontier towns.
7:07 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza frontier towns.
7:02 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Beersheba region.
7:00 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon, adjacent suburbs, and towns closer to the Gaza border.
6:18 p.m. An Israeli boy was seriously wounded on Friday when a mortar fired from the Gaza Strip directly hit a car as it was driving near one of the towns in the western Negev.
The boy was rushed to hospital, where doctors are fighting to save his life.
6:05 p.m. At least three Iron Dome interceptions were heard over central Tel Aviv on Friday, as rocket sirens sounded in Israel's center for the first time in the last 24 hours.
5:08 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza frontier towns.
4:02 p.m. Magen David Adom is reporting that three people were lightly injured when a rocket fired by Palestinians in Gaza slammed into a synagogue in the southern city of Ashdod.
4:00 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza frontier towns.
3:54 p.m. A rocket fired by Palestinians in Gaza slammed into a synagogue in the southern city of Ashdod on Friday, injuring a number of people.
According to police, the injuries resulted from flying shrapnel immediately after impact.
2:30 p.m. A rocket launched from Gaza exploded in open territory in the greater Tel Aviv area on Friday without alert sirens sounding in warning of the attack.
2:02 p.m. The Code Red rocket siren sounded in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
12:33 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in Sderot and the surrounding communities.
12:17 p.m. Code Red sirens sound in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council on the Gaza border.
12:02 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in Beersheba for the first time on Friday.
11:09 a.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in the Sdot Negev Regional Council.
10:46 a.m. The Iron Dome defense system intercepted two rockets fired in the latest barrage from Gaza toward the Ashkelon area on Friday morning.
10:40 a.m. Rocket alert sirens were heard in and around the southern port city of Ashkelon later on Friday morning as rockets continued to be launched at Israeli communities near Gaza.
10:10 a.m. Palestinian sources in Gaza reported that four people were killed in IDF air strikes in the enclave on Friday morning.
8:45 a.m. Rockets continue to set off alarms in the country's south on Thursday morning with sirens sounding in the Hof Ashkelon and Eshkol Regional Council areas.
8:36 a.m. The IDF struck more than 20 terror targets in Gaza overnight between Thursday and Friday in relation for the projectile attacks, a military spokeswoman confirmed.
8:21 a.m. Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas was expected to meet on Friday with Egyptian President Abd-al-Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo to discuss the fighting between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza.
7:06 a.m. The United States and the European Union are working on draft resolutions which they intend to submit to the UN Security Council for a binding vote aimed at ending the fighting in the South, Channel 2 reported.
6:59 a.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza frontier towns.
6:40 a.m. After the killing of three of its senior commanders by Israel, Hamas vowed early Friday that it would be “strengthened” in its quest “to lift the siege on Gaza” and “liberate Jerusalem and Palestine from the neo-Nazi occupier who destroys houses and kills women and children.”
Hours after the targeted strike on the Hamas commanders, Ismail Haniyeh, the former head of the Hamas regime in Gaza, released a statement that was read aloud by the Hamas television network.
Haniyeh said that Hamas “was saddened over the deaths of our brothers and commanders who went on the path of great ones.”
“We want to emphasize that despite the pain of their loss, the history of the Hamas movement has proven more than once that it is stronger after every targeted killing of one of its senior members,” Haniyeh said.
6:39 a.m. Rocket sirens were heard in the Eshkol regional council early Friday morning. Soon afterward, a rocket fell in an uninhabited area, causing no damage.
Thursday, August 21
10:59 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in the central Negev Desert's Ramat Negev Regional Council.
10:34 p.m. Code Red rocket sirens sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council.
9:39 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in the Ashdod, Ashkelon and the surrounding areas.
8:59 p.m. The Iron Dome defense system intercept a rocket near the Modi'in area after sirens warning of an attack blared in the area, the IDF confirmed.
8:48 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in the Shfela region and nearby areas in the West Bank.
7:56 p.m. The Iron Dome defense system intercepted two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip toward Beeersheba on Thursday in the latest barrage on the Negev city. Three other projectiles exploded in open areas.
7:45 p.m. The IDF confirmed that it carried out a targeted strike on two Islamic Jihad operatives in southern Gaza on Thursday evening.
7:40 p.m. Series of sirens wail in the Negev and Beersheba region.
7:22 p.m. Rocket sirens go off in the Ashdod area, north of the Gaza Strip.
7:16 p.m. Sirens were heard across communities in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council and in the Sha'ar Henegev area.
7:10 p.m. Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air raid on a motorcycle in the city of Rafah, according to Palestinian medical sources.
7:08 p.m. Rockets continue to pound communities bordering the Strip.
7:00 p.m. In the past hour, five rockets were fired from Gaza, all exploding in open territory.
6:49 p.m. Sirens went off throughout the western Negev city of Sderot, as rockets continued to target Israel's south.
6:40 p.m. Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon visited soldiers and civilians, wounded during Operation Protective Edge, at Beersheba's Soroka Hospital. He also visited the four-month-old baby from Segev Shalom, a bedouin town near Beersheba, who was critically injured in a Hamas rocket attack.
6:39 p.m. Netivot, a city located between Beersheba and Gaza, hears sirens alerting of incoming rockets.
6:28 p.m. Code Red sirens sounded in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council warning of a possible rocket attack.
6:23 p.m. Terrorists in Gaza fired a 107 mm rocket at the Kerem Shalom crossing for goods, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. The attack came despite the fact that the crossing is used by Israel to send hundreds of trucks of humanitarian goods and fuel per day. Since the beginning of the war, more than 5,000 trucks carrying tens of thousands of tons of humanitarian goods, including medical equipment, food, fuel, gas, and other goods have crossed via Kerem Shalom into Gaza.
6:18 p.m. Code Red rocket sirens sound in the Eshkol Regional Council.
5:50 p.m. Code Red rocket siren sounds in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
5:20 p.m. Code Red rocket sirens sounded again in the Eshkol Regional Council.
4:59 p.m. Back-to-back Code Red sirens sounded twice in communities near the Gaza border in the Eshkol Regional Council.
4:45 p.m. Rocket sirens continue to wail across Gaza frontier communities.
4:37 p.m. A mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel landed in the courtyard of a home in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council . Both the home and a vehicle sustained damage in the attack, but no injuries were reported.
4:04 p.m. Code Red sirens sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council as rocket strikes from Gaza continued to pound southern Israel.
3:42 p.m. The IDF was calling up 10,000 reservists to replace currently serving soldiers.
3:29 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
3:15 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Ashkelon Coast Regional Council and Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
2:32 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Beersheba and the surrounding areas. There were no immediate reports of in juries or damage in the attack.
2:00 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
1:51 p.m. Hamas sources said Thursday that the body of Sara Deif, Muhammad Deif's daughter, was pulled from the rubble of the house destroyed by an IDF strike. Deif's wife and son were previously found killed in the same strike and there were reports that a third unidentified person had been killed. Deif's whereabouts remained unknown.
1:45 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
1:35 p.m. Rocket alert siren sounds in Netivot and Sdot Negev Regional Council.
1:31 p.m. Hamas executed on Thursday three suspects for collaborating with Israel, according to Palestinian media reports. Four more people were detained by Hamas security sources.
1:30 p.m. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. The three were expected to discuss the situation in Gaza.
1:10 p.m. One rocket intercepted by Iron Dome over Ashkelon Coast Regional Council. Another rocket fell in the region in an open area. Two more rockets fell in Ashkelon in open areas and three more fell in open areas in the Sdot Negev Regional Council.
1:10 p.m. Iron Dome intercepts rocket over Ashdod.
12:59 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon and Ashdod.
12:50 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Ashkelon.
12:47 p.m. Palestinian media reports that that four people were killed in an IDF strike in Gaza City.
According to the reports, the aerial strike was carried out near a cemetery in the Sheik Raduan neighborhood.
12:27 p.m. The Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepts rocket over Ashkelon.
12:26 p.m. One rocket fell in an open area of the Sdot Negev Regional Council that is located near the Gaza border.
12:25 p.m. Four rockets landed in open areas of Ashdod. There were no injuries or damage.
12:22 p.m. Following rocket sirens in the Ramle area before noon, police said they located a rocket that landed in an open area near the city. There was no damage or injury caused by the attack.
12:18 p.m. Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Thursday that the Hamas commanders killed by the IDF overnight "were responsible for severe terror attacks against Israel's citizens and IDF soldiers, including the kidnapping of Gilad Schalit." Ya'alon said that the IDF action was a great operational and intelligence achievement for the army and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).
The defense minister vowed to continue to "pursue and hit Hamas leaders at any time and place. He who attempts to harm Israeli civilians is taking his life in his hands."
12:15 p.m. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that meticulous intelligence and precise IDF operational abilities made possible Israel's killing of three top Hamas leaders on Thursday
Netanyahu said that in his name, and in the name of the entire country, he wanted to thank the country's intelligence services, and especially the head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), Yoram Cohen.
“The Shin Bet and IDF work shoulder-to-shoulder during Operation Protective Edge, as it does throughout the year, and this is an important element in Israel's security,” he said.
Netanyahu said that the Gaza operation will continue until its goals are achieved: “restoring quiet for a prolonged period along with a significant blow to the terrorist infrastructure.”
12: 10 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Ashdod.
12:01 p.m. Rocket sirens blared in Ashkelon and Beersheba.
11:50 a.m. Rocket sirens sounded in the Shfela area near Ramle.
11:40 a.m. Following Thursday morning's rocket fire, the IDF targeted six Islamic Jihad operatives involved in projectile fire. The IDF confirmed that the terrorists were hit.
11:22 a.m. Rocket siren sounds in Eshkol Regional Council.
11:03 a.m. A heavy salvo of rocket fire set off alarms in Beersheba and surrounding areas. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
11:00 a.m. Some 10 projectiles fired from Gaza landed in the Eshkol Regional Council in last half hour.
10:54 a.m. The IDF said Thursday that 231 rockets had been fired at Israel since Hamas ended the cease-fire on Tuesday afternoon. The Iron Dome has intercepted 37 rockets and 16 projectiles failed to pass the border fence and fell within Gaza.
10:48 a.m. Code Red sirens sound in Eshkol Regional Council.
10:47 a.m. A rocket struck a house in the Eshkol Regional Council on Thursday, lightly injuring one person. The house was empty at the time of the attack, but a passerby was injured.
10:17 a.m. Code red sirens sound in the Eshkol Regional Council. The sirens came some 25 minutes after a previous rocket landed in open territory in the Eshkol area.
9:20 a.m. IDF announces strike in southern Gaza that killed three terrorists. Two of the terrorists killed in the airstrike were senior commanders involved in the kidnapping of Gilad Schalit in 2006.
7:30 a.m. IDF strikes 20 targets overnight, as Palestinian media reports mounting injuries, six dead in Gaz raids
7:00 a.m Rocket sirens sound in Eshkol
6:25 a.m. Sirens rattle southern Israel after night of relative calm
6:00 a.m. It's business as usual at Ben Gurion Airport, as Hamas' threats loom in the background: The group had previously said it would aim attacks at the airport today and advised international airlines against flying in.
According to a Hamas commander, Ben Gurion is supposed to be the"target of attack" for the day.
4:30 a.m. New Yorkers stage pro-Palestinian protest, march across Brooklyn Bridge towards NYPD headquarters in downtown Manhattan. Demonstrators carried anti-Israel posters and waved Palestinian flags.
2:50 a.m. After a few hours of relative calm, a siren was heard in Ofakim, a city near Beersheba. The Iron Dome system shot down a rocket that was heading towards the city.
1:15 a.m. The UN Security Council on Wednesday expressed "grave concern" at the resumption of hostilities in Gaza between Israel and Palestinians and called upon the parties to resume negotiations to urgently reach a "sustainable and lasting ceasefire."
1:00 a.m. The Health Ministry in Gaza Strip says 'death certificate' from Shifa Hospital carrying Muhammad Deif's name is 'forged.'
The remarks come as a certificate bearing the name of the top Hamas commander, time-stamped with his hour of his death, was circulating in Gaza. Palestinian reports said an official medical document, issued by the hospital, had surfaced, confirming that Deif's body had arrived at Shifa along with the bodies of his wife and child.
The document was later revised, according to the reports, so that Deif's name was no longer listed alongside the names of his wife and child.
Wednesday, August 20
11:30 p.m. A rocket landed in an open area in the western Negev city Sderot; in Ashdod, a projectile landed in an open area while another was shot down by the Iron Dome system.
11:06 p.m. Rocket alert sirens go off in the Ashdod and Ashkelon areas as rockets continue to target Israeli communities. Around 150 rockets were launched at Israel throughout Wednesday. Since Hamas breached the ceasefire over 213 rockets were fired at Israel; 162 hit, 35 were intercepted and 16 landed short in the Gaza Strip
10:55 p.m. The IDF confirmed that it had carried out a strike on a Hamas operative within the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night.
A statement made by the army said that the strike had taken place after the operative fired rockets at Israeli communities along the Gaza border. The IDF confirmed a successful hit in the strike.
10:18 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Eshkol Regional Council.
9:10 p.m. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says that the Islamic State and Hamas are "branches of the same tree."
9:05 p.m. A rocket alert siren sounded in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council on Wednesday night. The siren sounded as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was giving a press conference in Tel Aviv.
8:51 p.m. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu states that Israel is doing every thing in its power to return quiet and security to the citizens of Israel, in an address to the nation.
Netanyahu said that Operation Protective Edge is not over and would continue.
8:50 p.m. Code Red sirens were sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council as Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the nation.
8:13 p.m. Rocket alert sirens continue to go off in Kibbutz Nirim of the Eshkol Regional Council near the border with Gaza.
7:59 p.m. The IDF said Wednesday evening that it has struck 110 terror targets in the Gaza Strip since Hamas violated a temporary cease-fire on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Among the targets hit by the army were weapons depots, underground launchers and terror operatives responsible for rocket and mortar fire into Israel.
7:47 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Eshkol Regional Council.
7:30 p.m. Rocket alert sirens go off in the Hof Ashkelon and Ashkelon areas.
7:25 p.m. Hamas said in a televised address on Wednesday evening that Israel had 'failed' to kill Muhammad Deif and that he was still alive. They also sent a warning to foreign airlines saying that they should not fly to Israel beginning from 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, threatening to attack Israel's airport.
7:24 p.m. Rocket barrage from Gaza sets off sirens in the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, Sdot Negev and Hof Ashkelon areas.
7:16 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Eshkol Regional Council.
7:13 p.m. Hamas, in a statement on television, denies that Deif was killed.
7:04 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Hof Ashkelon, Petah Tikvah and Rishon Lezion
6:56 p.m. A rocket exploded in an open field in the Hof Ashkelon area, setting off a small fire.
6:46 p.m. Two rockets were intercepted over the greater Tel Aviv area as sirens went off across central Israel.
6:44 p.m. Iron Dome intercepts two rockets over Sdot Negev.
6:40 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon, Hof Ashkelon and near Beer Sheba.
5:56 p.m. Rockets set off sirens in Beersheba and the surrounding area followed shortly by sirens in the Eshkol Regional Council.
5:47 p.m. Rocket alert sirens went off in the Ashkelon industrial park.
4:40 p.m. One rocket landed in open territory as rocket alert sirens went off in the Eshkol Regional Council.
4:29 p.m. Code Red sirens sound in Sha'ar Hanegev.
4:21 p.m. Three rockets exploded outside of communities in Sdot Negev, in the country's South. No damages or injuries were reported.
4:10 p.m. Hamas says fired rockets at off-shore Israeli gas well about 30 km (19 miles) off the coast of Gaza on Wednesday in the first apparent attack of its kind.
The Israeli military said no missiles had struck any gas platforms at sea.
3:48 p.m. Code Red sirens heard in Kibbutz Nivim of the Eshkol Regional Council near the Gaza border. Sirens were then heard in the Bnei Shimon Regional Council near Beersheba.
3:35 p.m. Rocket explodes in open territory in Ashkelon.
3:25 p.m. The IAF struck two terrorists in recent minutes who fired rockets at Sderot. Several terrorists were also targeted in another area of northern Gaza in an air strike.
3:24 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Ashkelon and the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
3:04 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon Coast Regional Council area.
3:00 p.m. A rocket alert siren sounds in the Bnei Shimon Regional Council near Beersheba.
2:46 p.m. Code Red siren sounds in Ashkelon Coast Regional Council and at Kerem Shalom.
2:27 p.m. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments in Gaza after the collapse of the latest ceasefire saw the resumption of hostilities. President Abbas, whose Fatah party was reconciled with Hamas in April and is part of the Palestinian delegation in Cairo, said it was his upmost priority to stop the fighting and bloodshed in the Gaza Strip.
1:49 p.m. Rocket sirens heard in the Gaza frontier communities.
1:31 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in the Kiryat Malachi and Gan Yavne areas.
1:26 p.m. Code Red sirens sound in the Ashkelon Coast Council area.
1:20 p.m. Two rockets that had set off sirens in Ashdod earlier were shot sown by the Iron Dome.
1:13 p.m. French President Francois Hollande called on Israel and the Palestinians to resume truce talks after the Gaza ceasefire collapsed. "We are at a critical point. France supports the Egyptian mediation," Hollande told Le Monde in an interview. "Gaza can no longer remain like it is. The objective must be a demilitarization and a lifting of the blockade."
1:12 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Ashdod.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
12:38 p.m. A rocket struck a home in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council, causing some damage, but no injuries. The family was not home at the time of the attack.
12:36 p.m. The IDF on Wednesday struck two terror operatives in Gaza who were responsible for earlier rocket fire on Ashkelon and Gaza frontier communities. The forces identified a successful hit on their targets.
12:21 p.m. Code Red sirens sound in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
12:20 p.m. Terror groups in Gaza have fired over 30 rockets since midnight, and the air force struck more than 50 targets. Iron Dome intercepted several projectiles over southern cities and towns, including Ashdod and Kiyat Gat. Approximately 100 rockets have been fired in total since Hamas broke the cease-fire at 3:30 p .m. yesterday. Gaza medical officials reported that 16 people have been killed in Gaza since the renewal of hostilities.
12:14 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Ashdod and the surrounding areas.
11:54 a.m. Rocket sirens sound in the Ashkelon area.
10:38 a.m. Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman implicitly criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, accusing him of surrendering the initiative to Hamas in the wake of the collapse of the latest cease-fire in the South.
In a Facebook post titled "Bring Hamas to submission," Liberman writes: "I hope that it is clear now that the policy of 'quiet will be met with quiet' means that Hamas is the one that takes the initiative and the one that decides when, where, and how many rockets it fires on Israeli civilians, while we are making do with reacting. Even if our reaction is a strong one, it is still a reaction."
10:37 a.m. Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon and Ashdod metropolitan areas.
9:10 a.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza frontier towns.
8:40 a.m. Likud MK Danny Danon, the former deputy defense minister who was dismissed from his post during the initial stages of Operation Protective Edge due to his criticism of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, told Channel 2 on Wednesday that Israel "has a do-over" and needs to exploit it in order to "defeat Hamas."
"There is a price to pay in any conflict," Danon said. "The price is steep, but we have no choice. The Middle East is a rough neighborhood."
8:32 a.m. The IDF has summoned anew 2,000 reservists in light of the renewed hostilities along the Gaza frontier, Army Radio is reporting on Monday.
There is still no word as to whether the army plans on a massive enlistment of reservists.
8:23 a.m. Rocket sirens wail in Ashkelon region, Gaza frontier towns.
8:22 a.m. Sapir College, the largest academic institution in the western Negev town of Sderot, announced on Wednesday that there will be no classes or exams in light of the resumption of rocket fire from the nearby Gaza Strip.
8:12 a.m. Rocket sirens sounded in Ashkelon, Ashdod, and the surrounding communities of both southern cities.
7:30 a.m. Rocket sirens heard in towns and communities near the Gaza border.
6:55 a.m. A rocket alert siren sounds in Eshkol Regional Council.
6:45 a.m. The IDF confirmed that one rocket fell in an open area of the Eshkol Regional Council causing no damage.
6:30 a.m. The Sapir Academic College in Sderot announced that in light of the renewed fighting all classes and tests at the institution are cancelled.
6:08 a.m. A rocket alert siren sounded in Eshkol Regional Council.
5:00 a.m. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement condemning the breach of the ceasefire, adding he was "gravely disappointed by the return to hostilities" and urging the sides not to allow matters to escalate.
3:00 a.m. In the earlier rocket attack on Ashkelon at around 1:30 a.m., the IDF confirmed that the Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted one rocket over the city.
1:45 a.m. Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk charged on Wednesday after Gaza truce talks collapsed in a spasm of violence that Israel had targeted the group's armed wing leader Mohammed Deif in one of its air strikes on Tuesday in the coastal territory.
The Israeli military would not specify any of the targets of some 30 attacks across Gaza in response to rocket fire aimed at Israel. Marzouk said Israel had ruptured the truce alleging it was in order "to assassinate Mohammed Deif," but that civilians were killed at the site of the attack.
Palestinian health officials said three people were killed in a strike on a house in Gaza City, including a child and a woman. The third victim was not identified.
Israeli media said Israel had been targeting another leading Hamas militant in charge of rocket fire, but did not know whether or not he had survived the attack.
1:30 a.m. Rocket alert siren sounds in the city of Ashkelon and in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
1:00 a.m. A spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rejected Palestinian charges that Israel was to blame for a breakdown in ceasefire talks in Cairo, saying rocket fire from Gaza "made continuation of talks impossible."
Spokesman Mark Regev responded to Palestinian negotiator Azzam al-Ahmed's charge that Israel had thwarted the talks that broke down on Tuesday after Israel recalled its negotiators from Egypt, accusing Hamas of violating a truce.
"The Cairo process was built on a total and complete cessation of all hostilities and so when rockets were fired from Gaza, not only was it a clear violation of the ceasefire but it also destroyed the premise upon which the talks were based," Regev said.
12:20 a.m. After midnight on Wednesday, Azzam al-Ahmad, head of the Palestinian delegation to the Cairo truce talks blamed Israel for the breakdown in talks.
"The Israeli delegation left the talks at 4:00 p.m. which proves that Israel planned ahead of time for their failure," he said.
12:10 a.m. In total, IDF says 50 rockets were fired at Israel since 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday until around midnight. Six rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome rocket defense system. One rocket fell in open area in Jerusalem, the IDF confirmed.
There were no injuries as a result of the rocket barrages.
Tuesday, August 19
11:59 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Ashdod and Ashkelon.
11:00 p.m. At least 15 rockets were fired across the Gaza border into Israel, since salvo began at 4:00 p.m.. Six rockets were shot down by the Iron Dome
4:00 p.m. Cease-fire breaks as rockets target Beersheba, and IAF retaliates.
Monday, August 12
2:10 p.m. Israel and the Palestinians began talks in Cairo on Monday to try and end the conflict in Gaza and lift the blockade on the coastal enclave, Egypt's state news agency MENA said.
12:15 p.m. Israel opened the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow goods to enter the Gaza Strip a day after having closed it due to rocket fire.
11:00 a.m. Israeli negotiators arrived in Cairo to meet with Egyptian mediators, sources at the airport and Egyptian foreign ministry reported.
8:26 a.m. Palestinians in the West Bank town of Nablus reported early Monday that the IDF killed a suspected terrorist who had been wanted in connection with a number of drive-by shootings of Israelis.
According to reports, the army surrounded the home belonging to the wanted Palestinians in the southern part of Nablus.
According to Israel Radio, the Palestinian sought for questioning fired shot at IDF troops, prompting the army to deploy a bulldozer and begin destroying parts of the house in order to compel the suspect to surrender.
Palestinians say in the exchange of fire, the wanted terrorist was killed.
3:23 a.m. Following the beginning of the cease-fire at midnight on Monday, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a statement, urged both Israel and Hamas to "avoid any steps which would lead to a return to violence."
Ban expressed a "strong hope" the truce might lead to a "durable ceasefire for the benefit of all civilian populations and as a starting point to address the underlying grievances on both sides."
2:11 a.m. The IDF killed a Hamas terrorist on Sunday, Faraj Abu-Rabia in the hours before the start of the truce with Hamas that began at midnight on Monday morning.
Abu-Rabia was active in the terror tunnel network in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF said.
1:55 a.m. Hamas on Sunday issued new directives requiring foreign journalists who work in the Gaza Strip to hold press cards issued by its press office.
Hamas said that the new directives were aimed at “facilitating and organizing the mission of our foreign colleagues.”
It warned that journalists who fail to comply would be held legally accountable and would not be permitted to work in the Gaza Strip.
“Any journalist who does not carry this card will be held legally accountable and could be prevented from practicing his work,” the press office said.
The journalists are required to provide Hamas’s press office with information about their Palestinian translators and guarantors, as well as the address where they intend to stay during their visit to the Gaza Strip.
12:15 a.m. The Turkish government will begin transferring wounded Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Turkey for medical treatment, Prime Minister and president-elect Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
"Hopefully starting tonight, we are beginning to transfer our wounded Palestinian brothers to Turkey," Erdogan said in his first speech following his victory in a presidential election.
12:00 a.m. 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas begins.
Sunday, August 10
11:48 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in Ashkelon and Ashdod, and Kiryat Malachi around fifteen minutes before the midnight start of a 72 humanitarian cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
One rocket fell in an open area of the Gush Dan area. No rocket alert sirens sounded in the area.
Three rockets fired at Ashdod. Two were shot down by Iron Dome and one landed in an open area of the port city.
11:34 p.m. Five projectiles fell in open areas of a community in the Eshkol Regional Council late Sunday night. There were no reports of injury or damage.
10:55 p.m. Rockets fired at the Eshkol Regional Council only one hour before a cease-fire is due to come into effect as sirens went off shortly before 11:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m. Rocket alert sirens were heard in Ashdod and the surrounding area. One rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome. No damages or injuries have been reported.
8:00 p.m. Israel accepted a midnight cease-fire proposed in Cairo. Delegation to return to Egypt on Monday if truce holds.
7:48 p.m. Sha'ar HaNegev communities heard Code Red rocket alert sirens go off on Sunday evening despite reports that Egypt had managed to push a 72-hour cease-fire.
7:03 p.m. Rocket alert sirens went off across Ashkelon and the surrounding area as well as the Sdot Negev Regional Council.
7:00 p.m. Report: Israel agreed to a 72 hour cease-fire, according to AFP. Israeli officials have not confirmed the report.
6:40 p.m. Code Red sirens went on in Sha'ar HaNegev communities. No injuries or damages have been reported.
5:20 p.m. Israel announced Sunday that it would be closing the Kerem Shalom crossing which it uses to transfer goods into Gaza in response to deliberate rocket fire at the crossing from Gaza.
"After continuous and intentional rocket fire at the Kerem Shalom Crossing this morning and this afternoon, during which trucks carrying flammable materials to the Gaza Strip were almost hit, we took the exceptional decision to close the crossing in order to protect the lives of workers and traders," the Defense Ministry Land Crossings Authority said in a statement.
5:10 p.m. Code Red sirens went off in the Eshkol Regional Council as rocket fire continues despite reports that Palestinians factions in Cairo have accepted a cease-fire and awaited an Israeli response.
4:36 p.m. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni says she "doesn't regret the disengagement [from Gaza], but that it is clear the pullout was exploited and abused by terrorist organization [Hamas]."
4:13 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
3:32 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
3:23 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in Ashkelon and the surrounding area for a second time within minute.
3:15 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in Ashkelon and Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
2:59 p.m. The Iron Dome defense system intercepted two rockets recently fired from Gaza toward Sderot.
2:47 p.m. Code Red sirens sounded in the Sderot area on Sunday.
2:38 p.m. Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in open territory near a kibbutz in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council on Sunday. No injuries were reported but a fire broke out as a result of the impact. Emergency teams were tending to the flames.
2:23 p.m. Code Red sirens sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council.
2:03 p.m. Code Red sirens sounded in Sderot and surrounding communities.
1:55 p.m. Code Red sirens sounded in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
1:23 p.m. Palestinian negotiators will remain in Cairo for an urgent meeting with the Arab League on Monday to discuss the Gaza crisis, Egypt's state MENA news agency said. The Palestinian delegation had said it was likely to abandon Egyptian-mediated talks on Sunday unless Israel agreed to return to the table without pre-conditions.
12:48 p.m. A Code Red rocket alert siren sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council area. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
11:27 a.m. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would stay away from Egyptian-mediated truce talks with Hamas as long as Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks from the Gaza Strip continued. "Israel will not negotiate under fire," Netanyahu said in broadcast remarks at the weekly meeting of his cabinet, in Tel Aviv.
11:22 a.m. Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Sunday that the time had come for Israel to topple Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip. Speaking ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, Liberman said, "The only thing left to do is defeat Hamas, clean up the territory and get out as quickly as possible."
9:45 a.m. Four rockets exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council on Sunday morning after Code Red sirens warned of an incoming attack.
9:20 a.m. Code Red sirens sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council.
8:56 a.m. Egypt has reportedly proposed a compromised offer to the Palestinians and Israel that includes a cease-fire in Gaza and the opening of border crossings between the enclave and the Jewish state, according to pan-Arab daily al-Hayat.
According to the report, discussion will be scheduled regarding the controversial demands of the parties only after tensions are eased. The Egyptian formula purportedly terms for such talks to last until a final resolution is achieved.
8:20 a.m. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was slated to convene the weekly cabinet meeting at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv.
8:10 a.m. Since Friday morning, the IDF has struck some 150 terror sites in the Gaza Strip, a military spokeswoman confirmed Sunday morning.
6:43 a.m. Two rockets from Gaza hit the Eshkol Regional Council on Sunday morning. No damage or injury reported..
6:14 a.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
5:30 a.m. Palestinian delegation announces it will leave Cairo cease-fire negotiations.
3:38 a.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
1:50 a.m. Residents of Kibbutz Nahal Oz told not to return to their homes because of the continued Gazan rocket fire.
Saturday, August 9
11:59 p.m. A total of 40 rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza. The IDF targeted 49 sites in Gaza in response.
10:38 p.m. IAF aircraft struck three Hamas operatives in the southern Gaza Strip, the army announced on Saturday night.
Minutes earlier, it hit another Hamas operative in the Gaza Strip.
Since Saturday morning, the IDF has killed nine Palestinian terrorists in Gaza. Overall, it has struck 60 terror targets since Friday midnight.
10:07 p.m. Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border towns.
9:58 p.m. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Gaza and pressed for action that would lead to a permanent ceasefire.
"On Gaza, they condemned the resumption of rocket fire and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities leading to a sustainable ceasefire," the White House said in a statement about the call between the two leaders, during which they also discussed Iraq and Ukraine.
"President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron reiterated support for Israel's right to self-defense while emphasizing the need for all sides to minimize civilian casualties."
8:46 p.m. Anti-war factions vowed on Saturday that they will reschedule the protest that was canceled due to the continuing crisis in the south.
The demonstration's organizers, activists from Meretz, Hadash, Peace Now, Fighters for Peace and others, said they will hold a rally as soon as the Home Front Command allows it.
MK Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) called the cancellation unacceptable.
"This means we cannot protest the war during the war. This is exactly the time when the police and security forces should defend our freedom of expression and demonstration and not rush to block it," Zandberg stated.
8:07 p.m. An Israeli strike on a car in the southern Gaza town of Rafah killed two people, Palestinian reports indicated on Saturday.
7:41 p.m. Tourism Minister Uzi Landau told Channel 10 on Saturday that Israel "cannot under any circumstances" agree to Hamas' demand to allow it to operate a seaport in Gaza.
"Hamas' operating a port would essentially free it to smuggle in sophisticated weaponry that could threaten Israel," Landau said.
7:34 p.m. Kibbutz Nahal Oz has instructed its residents not to return to their homes in light of the continuing rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, Channel 10 reported.
Last week, Israeli military officials told the inhabitants of the towns and communities near the Gaza border that it was safe to come home, but with the resumption of rocket barrages over the weekend, residents say this is not realistic.
6:50 p.m. Citing the resumption of hostilities on the Gaza front, Israeli police officials informed organizers of an anti-war demonstration in Tel Aviv scheduled for Saturday evening that the event cannot be held due to the public safety risk.
Police officials said that they are legally bound to adhere to the directives handed down by the IDF Home Front command, which does not permit large-scale gatherings in public during times of conflict.
5:52 p.m. Egyptian and Palestinian delegates have reportedly reached a new agreement on a draft cease-fire proposal that will submitted to Israel on Saturday, a Palestinian official told AFP.
5:45 p.m. Code Red sirens sounded in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
5:31 p.m. Israeli officials have not confirmed the reports that negotiators are on their way to Egypt to rejoin the cease-fire discussions. A defense source in Jerusalem told the Walla! news agency on Saturday that as long as Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza continues, Israel will not be a party to the cease-fire talks.
“We don’t negotiate under fire,” the source said.
Meanwhile, Hamas sources threatened on Saturday to leave the talks if its demands are not met.
“The Palestinian delegation to the talks has notified the Egyptian meditators that in the event Israel continues with its rejectionist stance, it will leave Cairo [on Sunday], which would then enable the factions on the ground to expand its rocket range to include Tel Aviv,” a Hamas official told the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.
While the source is believed to be reliable, this statement is perceived as “flexing muscles,” or posturing for the sake of negotiations.
5:30 p.m. Even as Hamas threatens to renew rocket fire against Israel’s most populous areas in the center of the country in response to what it says is Jerusalem’s “obstinacy” in cease-fire negotiations, Egyptian sources who are intimately familiar with the discussions are quoted by Arab media sources as saying that the sides have reached verbal agreements on a truce that would go into effect Saturday evening.
“The launching of rockets from the Gaza Strip toward Israel and the Israeli air force strikes in response to those rockets will cease completely [Saturday evening] in parallel with the arrival of the Israeli delegation to the talks in Cairo and the continuation of negotiations toward a permanent cease-fire,” sources told the Palestinian daily Al-Quds.
5:18 p.m. Yemeni demonstrators marched in the country's capital city of Sanaa in solidarity with Gaza while condemning Israel and calling on Egypt to open its border crossing with the Gaza Strip.
4:50 p.m. Two rockets fired from Gaza landed in open territory in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries were reported.
4:38 p.m. Tens of thousands of people were demonstrating on Saturday in Cape Town against the IDF's renewed operations in Gaza following Hamas's refusal to extend a temporary cease-fire with Israel.
At the rally in the South African city, Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu accused Israel of behaving like a "barbaric bully" in Gaza.
3:00 p.m. Ashkelon Coast Regional Council hears rocket sirens.
2:23 p.m. Rocket alerts sound in Gaza frontier communities.
1:00 p.m. Israel Police cancels left-wing demonstration over security situation, in accordance with Home Front Command instructions; event was slated to take place Saturday evening at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square.
12:17 p.m. A Rocket explodes in an open field near a Negev community bordering Gaza.
12:15 p.m. Rocket explodes near community in Eshkol.
12:08 p.m. Rocket sirens continue to pierce the air in southern Israeli communities, as new rocket barrage targets Eshkol, Sha'ar Henegev.
12:05 Rocket lands in Sha'ar Hanegev in open territory.
11:59 a.m. Rocket sirens blare in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
11:15 a.m. IDF Spokesperson's Office confirms hit on two militants who were riding a motorcycle in central Gaza, says 30 sites were targeted since midnight,
11:00 a.m. Medical sources in Gaza say the IAF struck a motorcycle carrying two Gazan in a refugee camp in central Gaza. The two were killed in the attack. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ma'an wire service said three bodies were recovered from underneath rubble in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
10:37 Three rockets fell in open lands outside of a residential area in the Eskol Regional Council, bringing number of rockets launched since morning to ten.
10:21 a.m. Sirens go off in northwestern Negev communities.
10:00 IAF has struck over 100 targets in Gaza in last 24 hours.
9:39 a.m. Palestinian medical officials say a man was killed in an IAF strike overnight in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza; several others were injured.
9:20 a.m. Rocket lands outside Eshkol community.
8:58 a.m. Code Red sirens sound in the Eshkol Regional Council.
8:24 a.m. Palestinians report the IAF had struck an agricultural field early on Saturday morning, near Gaza City. According to the Ma'an news agency, Israel struck two mosques overnight in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, and another in the Zeitoun neighborhood.
Two homes in Beit Lahiya and Gaza city were also hit overnight, the report stated.
7:15 a.m. A rocket fell in an open area of Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council on Saturday morning. Four others land outside Eshkol community.
7:00 a.m. Rocket sirens sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council and the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council on Saturday morning.
6:00 a.m. More than 15,000 Muslim Brotherhood supporters gathered at a pro-Hamas rally in Jordan's capital on Friday, with many chanting "death to Israel" and urging the militant Palestinian group to step up rocket salvos against Israeli towns and cities.
The evening rally, the largest such protest in Amman in years, saw scores of masked youths dressed in the uniform of Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stage a mock military parade to the cheers of a flag-waving crowd.
1:00 a.m. The US State Department expressed hope that a new ceasefire would be reached shortly between Israel and Hamas.
"Our hope is that the parties will agree to an extension of the ceasefire in the coming hours," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters on Friday afternoon, AFP reported.
Friday, August 8
9:36 p.m. The White House on Friday urged Israel and the Palestinians to resume talks and do what they can to protect civilians after Egyptian-mediated negotiations failed to extend a ceasefire and rocket fire resumed.
"The United States is very concerned about today's developments in Gaza," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
"We condemn the renewed rocket fire and we are concerned about the safety and security of civilians on both sides of that conflict," he said.
9:18 p.m. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is urging Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to adopt her initiative for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip which would eventually lead to a resumption of negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, Channel 2 is reporting on Friday.
9:05 p.m. Rocket sirens heard in Gaza frontier towns
8:52 p.m. One Palestinian killed, numerous others injured in clashes with IDF troops near Ramallah.
8:51 p.m. The IAF continues to strike targets in the Gaza Strip, with Khan Yunis residents reporting explosions, according to Channel 10.
7:23 p.m. Palestinian media outlets reported on Friday that Gaza factions will hold their fire beginning at 8:00 p.m. local time.
According to the Ma'an news agency, the Palestinians in Gaza will observe a unilateral cease-fire, with Hamas even indicating a willingness to agree to another 72-hour truce.
News reports indicate that Egyptian officials and international diplomats are exerting pressure on Hamas to agree to the extension of the cease-fire.
7:05 p.m. Rocket sirens sounded in Ashkelon, Beersheba, and the surrounding communities in the northern Negev.
6:15 p.m. The mayor of the rocket-battered town of Sderot unleashed a tirade against Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Friday, just hours after Palestinians in Gaza resumed to bombard the western Negev with rockets and mortars.
Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi told Israel Radio on Friday that Ya'alon proved to be "a resounding failure in restoring security for Israel's citizens."
5:51 p.m. In the first casualties since hostilities resumed on Friday, Palestinian medical officials said a 10-year-old boy was killed in an Israeli strike near a mosque in Gaza City. An Islamic Jihad militant was killed in a later hit, local officials said.
5:40 p.m. Rocket sirens sounded in the Gaza frontier town of Nirim.
4:19 p.m. Palestinian factions will remain in Cairo and press on with Egyptian-mediated talks despite the end of the ceasefire in Gaza, the head of the delegation, Fatah official Azzam Ahmed, told Reuters on Friday.
"We are not for escalation. We are ready to continue through our Egyptian brothers in negotiating to reach a final agreement that would return the rights to their owners," Ahmed said. "I mean here lifting the blockade of Gaza."
Ahmed said Palestinian negotiators were due to meet Egyptian intelligence officials, who have been mediating the talks, later in the day. He said Palestinian factions were united in their decision not to extend the 72-hour truce that ended at 0500 GMT and had been clear about their basic demands to end the conflict.
4:10 p.m. A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a house in Sderot, Channel 1 reported on Friday.
There is no word yet on whether any injuries resulted from the attack.
4:00 p.m. Rocket alert sirens activated in Ashkelon, Gaza border towns.
3:55 p.m. Egypt called on Friday for an immediate resumption of the ceasefire in Gaza and a return to the negotiating table, saying that only a few outstanding issues remained in negotiations it was mediating between Israel and the Palestinians.
"The foreign ministry calls on all sides to rise to their responsibilities ... and to return immediately to the ceasefire commitment and exploit the opportunity available to resume negotiations on the very limited sticking points that remain in the fastest possible time," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
3:14 p.m. A siren sounded in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.
3:11 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in the Israeli cities closest to the Gaza border.
1:11 p.m Rocket attacks on the country's South continued with sirens going off in the Eshkol Regional Council.
12:45 p.m. A building in the Sdot Negev Regional Council sustained a direct hit by a rocket fired from Gaza. One person was lightly injured.
Four other rockets exploded outside a community in the region in open areas.
12:05 p.m. Two people were injured by a rocket in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, Israeli media reported.
11:56 a.m. Six rockets exploded in areas around Sdot Negev in the country's South. No damages or injuries were reported.
The IDF responded with airstrikes
11:48 a.m. Code Red sirens go off in Sdot Negev. No injuries or damages have been reported.
11:46 a.m. Two rockets fired from Gaza hit directly outside a community in Sdot Negev Regional Council. No reports of damage or injury reported.
11:44 a.m. A Gazan rocket hit an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. There were no reports of injuries or damage.
11:35 a.m. Rocket alert sirens sound in the Eshkol Regional Council.
11:17 a.m. A rocket blast in Sha'ar Hanegev damaged a community's security fence and the rocket's shrapnel, as well as the force of the blast, caused damage to several houses. There were no injuries reported.
Minutes later, sirens went off again in the region and a rocket landed in an open area. No injuries or damage reported.
11:16 a.m. Two rockets landed in the Sdot Negev Regional Council in open areas. No injuries or damage were reported.
10:54 a.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.
10:45 a.m. The IDF resumed airstrikes on terror infrastructure in Gaza.
10:29 a.m. Code Red sirens went off in Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council communities on Friday morning following earlier salvos which had targeted the Ashkelon area and Eshkol Regional Council.
10:20 a.m. A rocket hit outside a community in the Sdot Negev Regional Council. No reports of damaged or injuries.
10:15 a.m. Two rocket alert sirens went off in the Sha'ar Negev regional council.
9:32 a.m. For communities within 0 and 40 kilometers of the Gaza Strip, gatherings of more than 500 people will not be allowed in open and closed spaces. Within 40 and 80 km. from Gaza, gatherings of more than 1,000 people will not be allowed in open areas. All communities within 80 km. of Gaza are being told to open their bomb shelters as well.
9:11 a.m. Islamic Jihad took credit for the barrage of rockets fired at Israel. Army radio also reported that Gazan residents near the border are fleeing their homes once again, shortly after returning.
9:06 a.m. Economy Minister Naftali Bennett: "I remind the Israeli public: Operation Protective Edge is not over. Israel must recall its delegation from Egypt immediately," he said adding that talks could not possibly go on while Hamas used rocket fire on Israeli civilians as strategy to put pressure on negotiators in Cairo. Bennett told the Israeli public to "be strong" and prepare for what will come.
9:00 a.m. Two Gazan rockets hit outside a community in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage reported
8:40 a.m. A rocket hit a community in the Eshkol Regional Council. There were no reports of damage or injury.
8:29 a.m. Rocket alert sirens went off in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council close to 8:29 a.m. on Friday morning.
8: 21 a.m. Three rockets from Gaza hit the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council in open areas. There were no reports of damage or injury.
8:01 a.m. Hamas renewed rocket fire on southern Israel after refusing to extend the 3-day cease-fire in Cairo after its demands were not met.
8:00 a.m. 72-hour cease-fire ends.
Wednesday, August 6
1:39 a.m. Egyptian delegates have suggested to Israeli and Palestinian envoys in Cairo for indirect negotiations to extend the current 72-hour cease-fire to 120 hours, Lebanon's al-Mayadeen TV reported in the early hours of Wednesday.
1:20 a.m. US Secretary of State John Kerry, in an interview with the BBC, urged Israel and the Palestinians to utilize the temporary cease-fire in Gaza and ensuing indirect diplomatic negotiations in Egypt to reach talks regarding a "bigger, broader approach to a two-state solution."
Tuesday, August 5
8:21 p.m. "Disarming Palestinian resistance will not be negotiated during indirect [cease-fire] talks in Cairo," Islamic Juhad official states.
8:08 p.m. Islamic Jihad also claims 'victory': "Despite the pain, [the] resistance has made great achievement," deputy head Ziad al Nakhaleh says.
7:45 p.m. "Military victory will lead to lifting of siege on Gaza Strip," says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during victory speech.
7:05 p.m. IDF says it attacked 4,762 targets in Gaza during war, of which 1,678 were rocket launchers and storage facilities; 997 targets were command and control centers, 191 were rocket production facilities
32 attack tunnels were uncovered and demolished, says the IDF.
5:30 p.m. The security cabinet convened to discuss Israel's response to cease-fire negotiations taking place in Cairo.
4:33 p.m. The 72-hour cease-fire which began Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. appeared to be holding Tuesday afternoon prompting Israel to send a negotiating team to Cairo for indirect talks with Palestinian factions aimed at reaching a long-term truce.
Israel had previously said that it would wait to see if Hamas honored the cease-fire before dispatching a delegation to take part in the talks that it had thus far avoided.
"The delegates left under an hour ago. I assume they've already arrived in Egypt," an Israeli official told Reuters on Tuesday afternoon.
4:00 p.m. "If Hamas violates truce it will be making a serious mistake," OC Southern command Maj.-Gen. speaks near Gaza border. He said residents of the area can return to their homes adding, the IDF has created an improved security environment.
13:28 p.m. The EU "warmly welcomed" the 72-hour truce between Israel and Hamas that went into effect at 8:00 a.m.
"We warmly welcome the announcement of a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and call on all parties to respect its terms. There must be an immediate end to the loss of civilian lives. The firing of rockets from the Gaza Strip must stop," a statement from the EU delegation to Israel declared.
"We commend all efforts, particularly those of Egypt, to broker this deal and hope that this can be extended into a lasting ceasefire. We call on the parties not to miss this opportunity."
12:16 p.m. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu commended the IDF and the Shin Bet on successfully completing the mission of neutralizing the Gaza attack tunnels during Operation Protective Edge.
"This was a complex operation that made heroes of soldiers under difficult combat conditions," the prime minister said in a written statement.
"As I said at the beginning of the offensive, there is no 100 percent guarantee for success but we did all we could to achieve our goal," he added.
11:38 a.m. British minister Sayeeda Warsi resigned from her position as a senior foreign office minister on Tuesday, saying she could no longer support the government's policy on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
9:20 a.m. Ben Gurion Airport, Israel's main international airport, halted all arriving and departing flights between 7:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning in advance of a 72-hour cease-fire that began at 8:00 a.m. between Israel and Hamas.
19 flights were delayed due to the decision.
A few minutes before the cease-fire came into effect, Hamas unleashed a barrage of rocket fire on various regions in Israel. No rockets landed at Ben Gurion.
8:00 a.m. A 72-hour cease-fire came into effect.
7:45 a.m. Rocket alert sirens went off in Sdot Negev, Ashdod, Ashkelon, the greater Beersheba area and the surrounding areas as well as in communities near the Gaza border. A siren was also heard in Ma'ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem.
Iron Dome intercepted a rocket over Ashdod. No injuries or damages were reported. According to media reports, the IDF responded with artillary fire which fell silent after 8:00.
The barrage lasted until just before a 72 hour cease-fire is due to come into effect on Tuesday morning.
7:28 a.m. All Israeli ground forces to leave Gaza ahead of truce, says IDF.
7:26 a.m. At least 32 of the underground infiltration passages, and dozens of access shafts, were located and blown up ahead of an Egyptian-mediated truce.
7:14 a.m. Rocket alert sirens heard in Ashkelon and Gaza frontier communities.
6:03 a.m. Overnight just two rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel. Both were intercepted by Iron Dome.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement calling for Israel and Hamas to respect the terms of a 72-hour truce set to begin today at 8 a.m. He called on both sides to meet in Cairo and begin negotiations for a long-term cease-fire agreement "as soon as possible."
3: 13 a.m. Spain decided to freeze its weapons transfers to Israel due to the current security situation, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais.
According to the report, the decision was made last Thursday after Spanish government officials were "shocked" by the disproportionately high number of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip.
The decision to freeze arms transfers was mainly symbolic, as Spanish weapons make up a very small portion of Israel's military arsenal.
2:05 a.m. The United States commended Israel and Hamas's agreement on an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire set to begin Tuesday at 8 a.m.
Deputy National Security Adviser to the Obama administration Antony Blinken told CNN that "now it's up to Hamas to prove they can stand by their commitments."
1:18 a.m. US President Barack Obama signs bill into law granting additional $225 million to Israel for Iron Dome funding.
12:55 a.m. A Code Red siren sounded in the Ashkelon area moments ago. Iron Dome intercepts two rockets.
12:24 a.m. The Islamist terrorist group Hamas, the Palestinian faction that dominates the Gaza Strip, has agreed to Egypt's proposal for a 72-hour truce with Israel from Tuesday, a Hamas spokesman said.
"Hamas told Egypt a short while ago of its acceptance of a 72-hour period of calm," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said.
Monday, August 4
11:44 p.m. Israel accepted an Egyptian cease-fire proposal on Monday night that is to go into effect Tuesday morning at 8:00 am.
Senior diplomatic officials pointed out that from the early stages of the Gaza operation Israel had accepted the Egyptian cease-fire proposal.
The officials stressed that the cease-fire is unconditional, and pointed out that its acceptance came about after Israel finished destroying the terror tunnels.
10:50 p.m. A rocket landed directly outside a community in the Eshkol Regional Council. It failed to detonate. There was no damage or injury reported.
10:40 p.m. Azzam al-Ahmed, head of the Palestinian delegation to the Cairo discussions, confirmed that a cease-fire would go into effect Tuesday morning. Al-Ahmed, who is a senior Fatah official, said that the cease-fire would be for 72-hours, during which Israel and the Palestinian factions would hold indirect talks in Cairo about consolidating the truce
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