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| The Gaza Op: Day 17 |
| 2014-07-24 |
| [IsraelTimes] Cabinet mulls expanded Gazoo op, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, again rules out ceasefire, FAA extends flight ban The Times of Israel is liveblogging events as they unfold through Thursday, the 17th day of Operation Protective Edge. Late on Wednesday, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal rejected a ceasefire unless the blockade of Gazoo is lifted, and the Israeli cabinet met to discuss expanding the ground op against Hamas's rockets, tunnels, and infrastructure. Earlier 30,000 attended the funeral of US-born soldier Max Steinberg in Jerusalem, as other funerals took place elsewhere in Israel. The IDF corpse count rose to 32, with another soldier MIA presumed dead and claimed by Hamas to be in its hands. Only 27 of the 100-plus foreign airlines that use Ben-Gurion Airport are still flying in, and the FAA has extended its ban for another 24 hours after a rocket hit a home near the airport on Tuesday. IDF-Hamas fighting in Gazoo remains intensive, Hamas is still trying to carry out attacks in Israel through tunnels — a major tunnel found Wednesday contained maps and weaponry for an imminent attack — and rockets are still being fired. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 this is the fourth day of fighting in some areas with heavy Hamas troop concentration I presume they have enough food and water but the strain of prolonged combat should be wearing down their reflex, discipline, etc. with respect to rockets, they may be getting low in launchers by now - the total number of rockets launched as of 1800 local time was 30 - unless they pick up the pace this will be seen as evidence of attrition |
| Posted by: lord garth 2014-07-24 13:12 |