Published: 9 August 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
As dozens of rockets fired at south, IDF strikes 12 Hamas targets in Gaza (Times of Israel)
Residents of southern Israel told to stay near bomb shelters as military pounds 12 'terror targets' throughout the Strip, including factory it says helped build attack tunnels
No matter the outcome, Gaza Is becoming Netanyahu’s political nightmare (Haaretz)
ANSHEL PFEFFER There is no easy solution for Netanyahu. Gaza has become his biggest political liability. Trying to maintain the status quo, as the border refuses to stay calm and airborne firebomb attacks continue, is eroding his popularity. But Netanyahu fears that signing the long-term cease-fire agreement with Hamas will damage him as well.
Hamas official says truce with Israel to be inked within weeks (Times of Israel)
A senior Hamas member signalled the terror group was optimistic regarding efforts to broker a ceasefire with Israel Tuesday, saying talks on an agreement would likely wrap up by the end of August. In addition to the United Nations and Egypt, the Hamas official told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency that Qatar and Turkey are also helping to oversee the talks.
Israel, Hamas to agree on cease-fire by end of August, report says (Haaretz)
Israel and Hamas are expected to sign a cease-fire agreement by the end of August, a Hamas official told the Turkish state news agency Anadolu. The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the first stage of the deal would include a two-week trial. The deal would lift restrictions on the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip and at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the coastal enclave.
According to the source, the cease-fire would last for at least five years, and include the release of Israeli citizens Avera Mengistu and Hisham Sayed, as well as the remains of soldiers 1st Lt. Hadar Goldin and Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, who were killed during Operation Protective Edge in 2014.
Photo: A fireball exploding during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, August 8 (AFP)
