53 injured and 18 Dead Khazarian Soldiers In GaZa so far...

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Thirteen Israeli soldiers have been killed in the ground offensive in Gaza as artillery strikes continue to target the sites of alleged rocket attacks.

 

The Israeli military said the soldiers, from Golani brigade, died during the offensive on Sunday, including seven who were killed after their armoured personnel carrier was hit by an anti-tank missile.

 

At least 87 Palestinian people are also thought to have been killed during the day's fighting, the majority of them in Shaja'iya in northeast Gaza.

 

Thousands of Palestinians have fled the fighting as the artillery bombardment began.

 

Sky's Sherine Tadros, reporting from Shaja'iya, said people fleeing the area described it as a "massacre".

 

 

An injured Palestinian woman at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City

She said: "We have seen hundreds upon hundreds of people leaving and they are not carrying bags packed with clothes, they are not carrying anything. They are literally running for their lives.

 

"They are leaving this area but of course there is nowhere safe here. You expect to see all these people flee across a border, but they can't cross a border. Gaza is completely locked off."

 

Gaza officials said 35,000 people had fled their homes on Sunday.

 

An Israeli military spokeswoman said residents in Shaja'iya were warned to evacuate the area two days ago through recorded messages.

 

 

Israeli mobile artillery fires at targets inside Gaza

Hamas accepted a proposal - secured by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - for a two-hour humanitarian ceasefire on Sunday.

 

But an Israeli military spokesman said the ground offensive had resumed after the temporary truce was breached by Hamas fighters within an hour.

 

Earlier Naftali Bennett, Israeli economic minister, told Sky News Hamas was "cynically" using women and children as human shields.

 

"They only difference between us and Hamas in Gaza is that they are deliberately sending their women and children to stand next to missile launchers in order for them to get killed and then they cry to the world that they are being killed," he said.

 

 

Smoke rises after air strikes in Shaja'iya, northeast Gaza

"This is cynical and cowardly. Israel has all the right to defend itself."

 

The Palestinian leadership slammed the "massacre" in Shaja'iya, while the Arab League claimed Israel had committed "war crimes".

 

The Israeli military has said it has hit more than 2,500 targets in Gaza, including 1,100 rocket launchers, after nearly two weeks of fighting.

 

It has said around 70 militants have been killed and another 13 brought to Israel for questioning after more than 1,760 rockets were fired at Israeli cities since July 8.

 

 

Nearly 90 people are thought to have been killed on Sunday alone

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has travelled to Qatar to try to restart ceasefire efforts.

 

Last week, Hamas rejected an Egyptian-brokered truce - saying it would only agree if Israel and Egypt significantly eased the border blockade of Gaza.

 

Since the start of the fighting, more than 425 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2,600 wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

 

A total of 18 Israeli military personnel have been killed and two Israeli civilians have also died in rocket attacks.

 

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18 dead Khazars in total so far...and the rockets are still being fired on ashkolon

 

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13 IDF soldiers killed in Gaza as Operation Protective Edge death toll climbs to 18 By YAAKOV LAPPIN

LAST UPDATED: 07/20/2014 18:25

 

Military announces that 13 Israeli soldiers from Golani Brigade were killed since Saturday night in fighting with Hamas terrorists in Gaza; IDF completing identification process of fallen troops.

Nahal Brigade soldiers carry Sgt. Eitan Barak, 20, to his resting place. Photo: BEN HARTMAN

The IDF announced on Sunday evening that 13 Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade were killed since Saturday night in fighting with Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of military fatalities so far in the campaign against Hamas in Gaza to 18.

 

The fallen soldiers took part in exchanges of fire against terrorists in Gaza. Seven soldiers were killed when Gaza terrorists attacked their APC on Saturday.

 

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The military was still completing the process of identifying the fallen soldiers. The families had been notified of the soldiers' deaths.

 

Additionally, Col. Rasan Alian, commander of the Golani Brigade, was moderately injured in an exchange of fire in Gaza. He has been hospitalized at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva Dozens of wounded IDF soldiers were brought from the fighting in Gaza to a number of hospitals across Israel on Sunday morning. In total, 53 wounded Israeli soldiers have been hospitalized from the fighting in Gaza.

 

Fifteen soldiers were brought to the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva. Four were in serious condition and eleven were in light to moderate condition.

 

Two lightly injured soldiers were brought to Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem's Ein Kerem.

 

Three soldiers were brought in moderate condition to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. Two others were brought to Soroka with light wounds. Since the ground operation in Gaza began, eleven wounded soldiers have been evacuated to Soroka.

 

Four wounded soldiers were brought to Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. Two of the evacuees were in serious condition, one was in serious to moderate condition and another was in moderate condition.

 

Since the beginning of the ground operation twelve soldiers were evacuated to Sheba.

 

Large numbers of Ground Forces entered the Gaza Strip overnight between Saturday and Sunday as Israel expanded its operation against Hamas. The increased presence in Gaza is aimed at destroying Hamas infrastructure, the IDF said.

 

It came after the government decided to move into the next stage of the operation, and after the units sent into Gaza completed intensive training and preparations.

 

Earlier on Saturday, two soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced.

 

Staff Sergeant Bania Roval, a 20-year-old soldier from Holon, serving in the Paratroopers 101st Battalion, was shot dead by a terrorist in Gaza who emerged from a tunnel shaft and opened fire at soldiers. The terrorist was shot dead in return fire.

 

"Controlling tunnel shafts doesn't give us full control of the entire tunnel," a senior military source said.

 

The second soldier, 2nd-Lt. Bar Rahav, 21, from Ramat Yishai, from the Engineering Corps, was killed in an attack in Gaza.

 

 

 

Also on Saturday, two soldiers were killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while thwarting the attempt to murder Israeli civilians. Their names were Sgt. Adar Barsano, 20, of Nahariya, and Maj. Amotz Greenberg, 45, of Hod Hasharon, the army said.

 

On Friday, in the IDF's first casualty, twenty-year-old Sergeant Eitan Barak from Herzliya was killed in Gaza under still unclear circumstances.

 

Military sources said Hamas gunmen have increased their attacks on soldiers who are searching and finding tunnel entrances in Palestinian homes near the border with Israel. Simultaneously, Hamas has ordered its members to use remaining tunnels for immediate cross-border attacks against Israeli civilians and military targets. Thirteen cross-border tunnels have been destroyed since Thursday night. The air force had struck some 500 targets since the start of the ground operation.

 

The IDF feels it has gained "significant control" of cross-border attack tunnels, and that this development is "upsetting Hamas," the source added. Hamas is doing its best to hamper the army's efforts, and attempts to send a donkey with explosives and a suicide bomber on a motorcycle on Friday are part of those attempts. Hamas is also trying to kidnap soldiers.

 

Additionally, two terrorists attempted to attack a D-9 armored bulldozer used in uncovering tunnels by the Engineering Corps. In the attack, two terrorists emerged from a tunnel entrance. One, a suicide bomber, detonated his explosives, and the second fired an anti-tank missile. Both were killed in the incident.

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