Friday, 22 August 2014

Gaza: Hamas says 18 suspected informants executed

Hamas sources in Gaza say 18 people suspected
of collaborating with Israel have been executed.
The killings came after an Israeli air strike killed
three senior Hamas leaders on Thursday. Two
more Palestinians died in overnight strikes.
Israel says there has been fire from Gaza -
including a strike that killed a four-year-old boy on
Friday.
More than 2,070 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and
67 Israelis, mostly troops, have been killed in six
weeks.
A Thai national in Israel was also killed by rocket
fire early on in the conflict.
The four-year-old boy was killed in a mortar attack
on a southern Israeli village along the Gaza border,
officials say.
Hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants
in Gaza resumed on Tuesday, scuppering efforts in
Cairo to achieve a long-term ceasefire deal.
Hamas has insisted on a lifting of the economic
blockade of Gaza as part of any longer-term deal.
Israel has vowed to pursue its campaign until "full
security" is achieved through the disarmament of
Hamas and other groups in Gaza.

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