Israel said on Wednesday it was not setting a timeframe for an end to hostilities with Gaza as its military pounded the Palestinian enclave with air strikes and Hamas militants unleashed new cross-bor
GAZA/JERUSALEM — der rocket attacks. Palestinian medical officials said 219 people had now been killed in 10 days of aerial bombardments which have destroyed roads, buildings and other infrastructure, and worsened the already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. Israeli authorities put the death toll at 12 in Israel, where repeated rocket attacks have caused panic and sent people rushing into shelters.
With great precision," Netanyahu told the foreign envoys. "As surgical an operation as it is, even in a surgical room in a hospital you don't have the ability to prevent collateral damage around effected tissues. Even then you can't. And certainly in a military operation you cannot." Diplomacy Hamas began firing rockets nine days ago in retaliation for what it said were Israeli rights abuses against Palestinians in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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