A direct hit in a synagogue in Ashdod; rockets at Gush Dan

After a quiet night renewed this morning (Friday) fire from Gaza, and continued throughout most of the day. Prior to 18:00 launched rockets at Gush Dan, no reports of damage or casualties. Earlier, rocket fired from Gaza exploded in the afternoon at a synagogue in Ashdod. Three people were slightly injured by shrapnel: Two young people 26 and 25 were injured in the limbs and taken to Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot, and 40-year-old woman was injured in her face and was taken to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. In addition, eight people who were there were treated for shock.

At noon a heavy barrage was launched at communities in southern Israel. One person was seriously wounded in Beersheba as a result of rocket shrapnel in a car park in the city. Several vehicles were damaged at the scene. In addition, the "Iron Dome" intercepted two rockets over Rehovot and another in the skies of the regional council areas. Another five rockets in Eshkol.


Earlier, two rockets were intercepted by the "Iron Dome" in Ashkelon and three rockets fell in the western Negev settlement. One of them exploded just 12 meters from a populated kindergarten. Fortunately, it was a fortified structure, and therefore had no injuries. Earlier this morning, several rockets landed in the Council, as well as the western Negev, but also caused no casualties or damage.

Rocket was launched at Tel Aviv afternoon and fell in an open area in Gush Dan. There were no casualties or damage. There was no alarm, because the rocket did not fall in built-up and posed no risk. Hamas claimed responsibility for launching.

During the last day air force attacked 50 targets throughout the Gaza Strip, the IDF spokesman told this morning. Among the targets hit include launch complexes, weapons storage sites and buried launchers, including launcher which shots were fired at Israeli territory last night. Likewise, five terrorists attacked.

Two Palestinians were killed and others were injured this morning in an IDF strike in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, near the city of Gaza - the Palestinian media reported.

Paves the way back to Cairo?
Head of the Hamas political bureau, Khaled Meshal, said that "the organization's return to indirect negotiations". According to Mashal, quoted this morning (Friday) site "Palestine Today", "The resistance will ensure that Israel fulfills the demands of the Palestinians, led by the lifting of the siege on Gaza." Later, he reiterated that Hamas and other Palestinian factions are not exhausted the current campaign against Israel. "The Palestinian people have been fighting for a hundred years and not get tired after a month," he said.

Conciliatory message from Mashaal this morning, preceded by a difficult conversation that took place between him and the chairman Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday in Doha, capital of Qatar. Senior Palestinian cause message Walla News that Abbas and Mashaal rebuked his men called "liars." This is due to reports of Hamas's intention to carry out attacks against the Palestinian Authority's objectives, as revealed this week by the General Security service. Abu Mazen warned Mashaal that Hamas Palestinian choose between union and "divorce" permanently. Causing said that some of the information uncovered Reply "was recognized as the Palestinian security forces. Abbas is expected to meet in Cairo to go out there with Egyptian government officials in an attempt to restart talks with Israeli series.

Hamas Prime Minister, former Minister Ismail Haniya, said tonight the message was read channel "Al-Aqsa" Hamas-affiliated "The enemy will pay a heavy price" for the elimination of senior Hamas officials, referring to the elimination of Raed Al-Attar, Mohammad Abu Himalaya and Mohammad Barhoum yesterday morning. "When the leader was killed, other leaders are taking the lead and the victory went on a journey," said Haniya, who is constantly in hiding since the beginning of Operation Preventive Edge."

Factors in the Southern Command said yesterday that the pressure in immersed members senior command of the military wing of Hamas after the attempted assassination of Muhammad Deif is the one who led the three officers senior organization in southern Gaza - Raed Al-Attar, Mohammad Abu Himalaya and Mohammad Barhoum - get out from their hiding places allowing the armed forces the opportunity to kill them in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah. According to the sources, the three broke the "code below", i.e. maintaining the highest level of compartmentalization, due to their desire to meet with each other to coordinate their positions in light of the bombing of the house where apparently he was in the military wing head.

Israel objects to the European initiative
Major European countries encourage a resolution of the UN Security Council to end the fighting in Gaza - last night said a senior European diplomat to Walla News. Leading move France and Britain, and he won the support of other countries. Center promoting the resolution Europeans face some major issues, including the removal of the siege of Gaza, the transfer of control to the Palestinian Authority in Gaza and the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the 1967 borders.

According to the senior diplomat, European move is planned for a few days, since it became clear that the talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Cairo encountering difficulties. Mid-week, after talks finally collapsed, consolidated powers draft document, the details of which were first published in Haaretz. "Whereby both sides would stop fighting, detailed security arrangements defined in Gaza and the siege is lifted, along with the creation of monitoring mechanisms to prevent Hamas from rearming.

Meanwhile in Jerusalem in no hurry to adopt the European initiative, in part because it includes an explicit call to resume negotiations on the basis of the 1967 borders Israeli political source stressed Tuesday that Israel did not reject outright renovation series of talks in Cairo, but fully expect to Hamas by withholding fire. If indeed the talks will resume in the Egyptian capital, European countries will delay the UN move to give the Egyptian channel exhaust itself.

However, if the shooting would continue in the coming days and the parties do not return to Egypt, the European process will move forward and make a difficult dilemma not only Israel but also the United States. On the one hand, the Americans insisted for years to force Israel to negotiate terms through the UN Security Council. On the other hand, a reference to the 1967 borders as the basis for negotiations appears Framework Document "an Israeli-Palestinian agreement that Washington formed earlier this year.

The European proposal is a direct continuation of foreign ministers of the European Union last month that called to stop the fighting in Gaza and dismantle the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip disarmed - but parallel set clear conditions for peace Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including a return to the 1967 borders and dividing Jerusalem. Israel at the time of publication of the notice expressed satisfaction regarding demilitarization, and Europe ignored the conditions of long-term agreement.

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