Israeli forces have launched numerous missile attacks on Gaza,
killing at least 6 after a bomb struck a bus in Tel Aviv, injuring 16. It is
the eighth day of Israel’s
‘Pillar of Defense’ campaign, which has killed over 130 Palestinians so far.
Israeli war jets pummeled Gaza’s
Al-Yarmouk football stadium with more than 10 consecutive attacks, Al Jazeera
reports. Several casualties were reported following the assault.
The IDF claimed they are striking key Hamas targets, while
the Palestinian Authority criticized the attacks for killing civilians.
The escalation of attacks comes off the back of a bomb
attack on a Tel Aviv bus that left 16 people injured. Israel’s
government called an emergency meeting in response to the first terrorist
bombing in the city since 2006.
Israeli authorities have raised security in the area to a
level 4 alert and have begun a manhunt for the two suspects.
Hamas spokesperson, Sami Abu Zuhri praised the Tel Aviv bus
bombing to the press, but did not say Hamas was behind it. He said that Hamas
viewed the explosion as “a natural response to the Israeli massacres…in Gaza.”
"Palestinian factions will resort to all means in
order to protect our Palestinian civilians in the absence of a world effort to
stop the Israeli aggression," Abu Zuhri said.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Israel
and the West Bank in order to negotiate a peaceful
resolution to the conflict in Gaza.
Clinton also met
with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on her diplomatic trip to the region,
where she vowed that US
support for Israel
is “rock solid,” and that “the rocket attacks from terrorist
organizations inside Gaza
on Israeli cities and towns must end.”
The US
blocked a UN Security Council proposal by Morocco
for a ceasefire on Tuesday evening, calling it “unbalanced.” US
officials argued that the proposal failed to identify “the root cause of
the current escalation,” which they claim is the continuing barrage of
rocket attacks from Gaza directed
against Israel.
The statement would have been adopted automatically had the US
not blocked it. Other members of the Security Council criticized America
for blocking the statement, with Russia
accusing Washington of attempting
to “filibuster” negotiations.
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