Israel Keeps Pounding Hamas Targets in Gaza
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iStock/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) — There were no signs that Israel and the militant group Hamas were scaling back hostilities Monday as the two sides attacked the other with Israel doing far more damage to the already devastated Gaza Strip.
Although Hamas lobbed 115 rockets at Israel, most fell harmlessly while Israel responded with airstrikes that leveled a school and two mosques.
According to the Israeli military, the buildings were being used to either fire rockets or store weapons. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Hamas targets are fair game and warned Palestinians to leave facilities the militant group is using.
The Israelis said one of the airstrikes is believed to have killed Hamas’ top financial official in charge of “terror fund transactions.”
Over the past seven weeks, more than 2,100 Palestinians have been killed while 68 Israelis have died, all but four of them soldiers.
As the fighting continues, the Egyptian government is asking Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to return the bargaining table in Cairo although little progress was made when the diplomats were called back by their respective governments last week.
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