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Hamas Breaks Truce With Over 57 Missiles Fired At Israel As IDF Returns Fire
Israel waits 2.5 hours as rockets from Gaza pummel Negev towns, then resumes air campaign suspended on Tuesday
“The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.” Jeremiah 50:28
Hamas officials refused to extend the three-day cease-fire, but said they were willing to continue negotiations in Cairo. Israel said it would not negotiate under fire and would protect its citizens by all means. The Israeli delegation left Cairo on Friday morning, and it was not clear if it would return. Egyptian officials were continuing talks with the Palestinian delegation, which was reportedly divided, with PA representatives having urged an extension of the ceasefire, overruled by Hamas representatives.
“We have one position, we refuse to extend the ceasefire, it is a final decision,” said one Hamas official after a long meeting with Egyptian mediators, AFP reported.
Within minutes after the temporary truce expired at 8 a.m., Gaza militants began firing rockets. By afternoon, some 40 rockets had been fired. Some 30 landed in Israel, several were intercepted and at least four fell short in Gaza, the army said. Four Israelis were hurt, one seriously. One rocket landed meters from a gasoline station. Later, a rocket directly hit a home in Sderot.
In Israel, the army said it was prohibiting gatherings of more than 1,000 people in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other areas within 80 kilometers (50 miles) of the Gaza border because of the rocket fire.
Police also reported fire from Israeli tanks on northern Gaza and from Israeli gunboats at the central area of the strip. The resumption of violence cast doubt over the Cairo negotiations.
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