Israel's Operation Protective Edge entered
its 17th day on Thursday, marking the 7th
day of the IDF's ground incursion into the
Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian death toll since Israel
launched Operation Protective Edge
surpassed the 770 mark, most of them
since Israel entered Gaza a week ago.
Israel military fatalities stand at 32 since
the operation commenced. 134 soldiers
are currently hospitalized due to wounds
incurred in the fighting, and one soldier
is missing. The IDF has not announced the
loss of any soldiers since Wednesday.
Israel asserted Thursday that the hospital
it struck the day before was empty of
patients and being used for missile
attacks, while Palestinians asserted that 15
people were killed when a UNRWA school
was hit by artillery fire on Thursday.
While U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
was in Egypt pushing for a cease-fire, and
Prime Minister Netanyahu was meeting
with the British Foreign Secretary Philip
Hammond in Israel, Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas was meeting with
Jordanian King Abdullah to present a list
of Hamas and Palestinian Authority truce
demands.

Summary of latest updates

11:58 P.M. Cleared for publication: Golani
Brigade regiment commander seriously
wounded in the Gaza Strip following the
collapse of a tunnel wall in Shijayeh. He
is the third Golani commander to be
seriously wounded.. (Gili Cohen)

11:53 P.M. U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry has drafted a new cease-fire
proposal and presented it to both sides.
Kerry, who will leave Cairo Friday
afternoon and return to Washington, is
awaiting an answer from Qatar and
Turkey's foreign ministers as to how
Hamas political cheif Khaled Meshal has
responded to his proposal. (Barak Ravid
and Jack Khoury)

11:38 P.M. Two Palestinians killed , 55
wounded in clashes at Qalandiyah
checkpoint in the West Bank. One person
is in serious condition, according to
Palestinian sources. (Chaim Levinson and
Jack Khoury) Read full story here.

11:28 P.M. Coordinator of Government
Activities in the Territories Spokesman
calls UNRWA claims that Israel prevented
the safe evacuation of the UNRWA school
in Beit Hanoun "unfounded."
"During recent days," according to the
statement, "COGAT has been maintaining
close contact with representatives of the
UNRWA, the ICRC and Palestinians in Beit
Hanoun."
The statement adds that "COGAT made
every possible effort to ensure the safety
of local residents by evacuating them
from the local area," and further
emphasizing that "following this contact,
the humanitarian window was
authorized." (Gili Cohen)

11:21 P.M. 47 rockets have fallen in Israel
and 15 rockets were intercepted over the
past 24 hours.
IDF attacked over 90 targets today, and
have launched more than 3,450 strikes
since the beginning of Operation
Protective Edge. (Gili Cohen)

11:09 P.M. IDF has discovered 31 tunnels
since the ground invasion's beginning, 11
of which were subsequently destroyed,
the IDF spokesperson confirmed in a
press release.
IDF soldiers additionally detained 2
militants and killed a would-be suicide
bomber in two separate events on
Thursday.

10:45 P.M. The IDF Spokesman issued a
statement that it is investigating the
matter of the deadly hit on the UN-run
school in Beit Hanoun. Terrorists opened
fire at IDF personnel from the area of the
school, according to the spokesman, and
soldiers returned fire toward the source
of the shooting. Likewise, stated the
spokesman, Hamas fired at the school,
and despite repeated warnings and
appeals to international authorities to
remove civilians from these areas of
fighting, they were not evacuated. (Gili
Cohen)

10:43 P.M. Thousands of Palestinians are
marching from Ramallah towards
Jerusalem. Palestinian ambulances,
blaring their horns, are streaming in the
opposite direction, carrying protesters
wounded by IDF fire at the Kalandia
checkpoint. (Amira Hass)

10:10 P.M. Rocket alert sounds in Eilat. A
number of loud explosions were heard,
and one missile was intercepted. No
injuries were reported, and no damage
done. (Haaretz, Shirley Seidler)

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/1.606934

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