[GOPJ]

Hamas has warned Israel of "dreadful consequences" of the conflict's escalation.

I think Israel's tired of being bullied by Hamas... and it's about time....

[DariusBane]

Friendly fire. Nothing like fighting at night in an urban environment. Very difficult situation to be sure.

[bray]

Any of those casualties Code Pink or Bill Ayers?

Pray America wakes up

[C210N]

Abbas, was visiting Turkey on Friday for talks on a ceasefire to halt Israel's ground offensive...

Doesn't Abbas have much to gain the longer that Israel bashes Hamas?

[Popman]

Since Palis love death more than life...

Let the bodies pile up....

[hal ogen]

274? It’s a start.

[P-Marlowe]

It is truly an odd war where one side is actually trying to get as many of their own people killed as humanly possible.

But then they are doing it in order to give the bleeding heart media ammunition to attack Israel. The media is the Palestinians most potent weapon and the more of their own people are killed, the more the liberal hearts bleed and call for Israel's surrender.

Those deaths should be laid at the feet of liberal politicians and the mainstream media. They have blood on their hands and it is the blood of their beloved Jew Hating Palestinians

[Logical me]

It's going to take one hell more than 274 to cleanse Gaza and return peace to Israel. Citizens were warned in plenty of time to get out of Gaza. No way not to determine friendly or foe so be it.

[cuban leaf]

Looks like one side is winning.

It took an empty suit in the white house to get Israel to act in her better interests and quit farting around with murderous children.

[Lexington Green]

Suicide by cop

Suicide by soldier

[dennisw]

This Paleo death toll is just about all combat deaths. You fight the Israelis and you just might die today! And meet your pagan moon god.

[DoughtyOne]

I’ll bet there hasn’t been a recorded Arab death within 500 to 750 miles of the Gaza Strip over the last three or four days, other than these ‘victims’ of Israeli crimes /s.

[ScottinVA]

C’mon Sean Penn.. pay a visit to your Hamas buds in Gaza.

[bravo whiskey]

Israelis use missiles to defend children. palestinians use children to defend missiles.

[GeronL]

They totally accept ANYTHING the Palestinians say as Gospel

[yoe]

Excerpts from a letter July 16..17?, 2014

The booms directly overhead made me look up -- and them immediately wish I hadn’t, because the rockets were really DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.

Think about that. Think about what you would do if ONE ROCKET threatened your children.

“BUT xxxx,” shout the Tel Avivim. “WHAT ABOUT THE POOR INNOCENT PEOPLE IN GAZA? OVER 200 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LAST 10 DAYS!”

Yes. And that is a tragedy. It really is. Do you know why they have been killed? Because whereas Israel chose to invest in the early warning system of alarms and the Iron Dome anti-missile system, Hamas chose to invest in building underground tunnels for its “army” to use. Ordinary civilians don’t have access to those tunnels. Israel educates its citizens. When we hear the alarm, we know we need to take cover. Hamas instructs women, children, and families to remain in areas the IDF has announced it will target.

Hamas hides its bombs in family homes, in hospitals, in schools. Just today, UNRWA was stunned to discover 20 rockets hidden in one of its schools in Gaza. They were probably the only ones surprised by this incident.

When the IDF plans to target an area, it sends text messages to residents. It drops leaflets warning them to evacuate. It fires warning shots. And Hamas tells the citizens of Gaza: IGNORE THEM. DON’T LISTEN. STAY IN YOUR HOMES.

And then they die. It’s tragic, but it’s also what they are apparently choosing for themselves.

[Star Traveler]

Here’s a running account of news reports related to these recent events with Israel and Hamas. If you want to catch up on the news accounts ... they are here ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/stisraelhamas/index

It’s listed from newest to oldest, so go to the bottom to start.