Rockets, airstrikes after Gaza war truce collapses

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By IBRAHIM BARZAK and ARON HELLER

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes struck more than 20 targets Saturday in the Gaza Strip as militant rocket fire continued toward Israel following the collapse of a three-day truce aimed at ending the war between Israel and Hamas.

The Islamic militants resumed their rocket attacks Friday shortly before the 72-hour truce expired, drawing a wave of retaliatory airstrikes that killed at least five Palestinians. The fighting shattered a brief calm in the monthlong war and dealt a blow to Egyptian-led efforts to secure a long-term cease-fire between the bitter enemies.

Hamas officials said the Israel airstrikes Saturday hit houses, mosques, its warehouses and training sites. A handful of rockets landed Saturday morning in Israel.

More than 1,900 Gazans have been killed in the four-week war, roughly three-quarters of them civilians, according to Palestinian and United Nations officials. Israel disputes that breakdown, saying more militants have been killed. Sixty-seven people have been killed on the Israeli side, including three civilians.

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Smoke rises over Gaza City after an Israeli strike on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, as Israel and Gaza militants resumed cross-border attacks on Friday after a three-day truce expired and Egyptian-brokered talks on a new border deal for blockaded Gaza hit a deadlock. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)


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1. Who'd have thunk it?

[Marrah_G]

2. Much of what was left of the city of Rafah on the Egyptian boarder was destroyed last night.

It was a firey hell for those there, including an award winning journalist named Mohamed Omer.

It was being continually bombed from land, sea and air.

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3. Why can't they continue the ceasefire? Sick of this ____.