Israel\’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday and the two discussed options for \”de-escalating\” the situation in Israel and Gaza, the White House said.
More images from Israel and the Gaza Strip as Operation Pillar of Defense continues. Photos by Reuters
Israel\’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the current episode of rocket fire from Gaza is not over, during a visit to the border with Gaza.
Israel will \”take whatever action is necessary to put a stop\” to the barrage of rockets from Gaza targeting the country, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ambassadors.
Israel and Hamas reportedly were observing an informal ceasefire, brokered by Egypt.
Sacramento City Council voted unanimously to approve a sister-city relationship with Ashkelon, despite opposition from pro-Palestinian organizations.
Rockets continued to fall on southern Israel despite a truce with Gazan terrorist groups.
An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian militant and wounded two men in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Israel and Hamas medical officials said, two days after an Egyptian-brokered truce had calmed an outbreak of cross-border violence.
As rockets continued to fall on southern Israel, Egypt reportedly was working to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian terror groups in Gaza.
Rockets fired from Gaza on southern Israel over the weekend injured a foreign worker.\n
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