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Palestinians Flee Northern Gaza as a Cease-Fire Appears Elusive

United Kingdom Architecture News - Jul 16, 2014 - 10:28   2099 views

Palestinians Flee Northern Gaza as a Cease-Fire Appears Elusive

Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

 Several thousand Palestinians, defying the urging of Hamas to remain in their homes, fled areas in northern Gaza early Sunday after Israel warned them through fliers and phone calls of major attacks to come.

Israel and Hamas seemed to signal little public interest in international appeals for a cease-fire as they continued their barrages. More than 130 rockets were fired out of Gaza into Israel on Sunday, with 22 intercepted, the Israeli Army said, while Palestinians expressed anger over the previous day’s Israeli strikes on a center for people with disabilities and on a home in an attack that killed 17 members of one extended family....Continue Reading

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