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A man covers his face as he passes smoke and fire after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City earlier today.
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A man covers his face as he passes smoke and fire after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City earlier today.
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The deadly back-and-forth between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip continues. There have been more Israeli air strikes on Hamas targets today and more rockets fired from Gaza toward southern Israel.
Israeli forces targeted some 80 locations overnight, including rocket launch sites, police stations and smuggling tunnels, NPR’s Anthony Kuhn reports from Gaza City. The death toll in Gaza now stands at more than 80 (some news outlets put the toll at more than 90). They include 12 members of one family, Anthony reports, who were killed by a strike aimed at a Hamas operative. Hundreds more have been wounded Gaza.
Hamas rocket fire has killed at least three Israelis in the past week.
On Morning Edition, Anthony spoke with host Renee Montagne. As he said,the two sides dispute who started the latest fighting, which has been going on for about six days. Correspondent Sheera Frankel reported from Israel about the Iron Dome anti-missile system that nation’s defense forces are using to knock down many of the rockets fired from Gaza.
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Article source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/11/19/165458440/pressure-for-truce-grows-but-israel-and-hamas-continue-firing?ft=1&f=1001