2 Killed in Gaza, 4 Wounded in Israel, in Most Intense Fighting Since 2014 War

[Devil Child]

Source: The New York Times

Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike and four Israelis were wounded by mortar fire from Gaza on Saturday as fighting in and around the Gaza Strip escalated to what the Israeli prime minister called the most intense level since the 2014 war.

Hamas and allied Islamic militant groups fired nearly 100 projectiles at Israeli territory throughout the day, most of them mortar rounds, though rockets were fired at the city of Ashkelon.

Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense batteries intercepted more than 20 of those that had the potential to do damage, the military said, but some got through. A mortar struck the courtyard of a Sderot synagogue, according to the Israeli military, and local news media reported that a house in Sderot was also hit, wounding four members of a family.

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Saturday’s fighting did not arise out of the blue: It came as a ratcheting-up of hostilities a day earlier, when an Israeli army officer was wounded by an explosive hurled across the barrier fence from Gaza, and an unarmed 14-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed as he climbed the fence.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/14/world/middleeast/2-killed-in-gaza-4-wounded-in-israel-in-most-intense-fighting-since-2014-war.html

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Hamas once again needlessly escalates with violence by lobbing 100 rockets and mortar shells into Israel forcing an Israeli response.

[Archae]

1. Hamas will not be satisfied...

Until Israel is theirs, and all Jews are dead.

[Takket]

2. "Most intense fighting"?

Maybe the NYT should try reading it’s own publication sometimes.


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/world/middleeast/gaza-protests-palestinians-us-embassy.html?nytmobile=0

[metalbot]

3. That was my first thought on the headline

But I think they would argue that the protests were some form of civil unrest instigated by Hamas, whereas 100 mortar/rocket attacks is a military attack directly by Hamas.

Unarguably, the protests were more violent though, so the headline is bad

[Maxheader]

4. Moving the usofa embassy..such a smart move..