Despite early talk that a truce might be imminent today, no deal was signed by evening and Israel’s cabinet remained split on whether to accept a draft proposal. With that stalling progress on the truce effort, Israeli forces continued to attack the Gaza Strip into the night. Rocket fire out of the strip has reportedly slowed in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The death toll continues to mount, but very little appears to have changed over the course of the day, with Israel’s cabinet remaining split on the question of a ceasefire deal and Egypt continuing to hold out hope that some sort of deal can be reached.
In the interim, the Israeli military appears to just be continuing the “policy” of recent days, bombing targets in the Gaza Strip with little to no meaningful indication that most are hitting anything but random sites.
Estimates on the ground put today’s death toll at 26 in the Gaza Strip and 2 in Israel, with the vast majority innocent civilians. One Israeli soldier was among the slain, the first military casualty suffered by the Israelis since they began the war on Wednesday.
As the truce remains in a holding pattern, rhetoric coming out of the Obama Administration remains unchanged as well, with officials expressing hope for a deal while reiterating their unconditional support for Israeli attacks.
Debating with Israel government is like talking to a wall it wont get you anywhere, look: Israel is feed by USA, Israel is the USA mad dog unleashed when USA and Europe needs it to be unleashed. The double moral by US government and EU toward Palestinians is historical because Israel is the only friend USA and Europe will ever have and have. Those whom are recognized as the only representative of the Syrian people are those whom are the enemy of the syrian people and they have been proven to be the silence puppet of USA and EU government when it comes to Israel Palestinians cleansing in Gaza. Look you dumb and stupid members of the Syrian opposition, the English government, the French, the Germans , the Swedish and USA is laughing at your face, they are slapping your face without you even knowing it, they tell you what to do and when to do it.., if not you will be next on line will be dealing with an apartheid regime, a terrorist based states as Israel performing its act of genocide to Palestinians in Gaza, they don't care if you are sunny, communist, an old fart from the victory time in ruins.., or a right wing social democrats, or an arab or a shiate or a jewish., what they want is for you to obey their rule of engagement, is for you to do what they want and when they want, if you have the simplest idea in politics you should have understood their games by know.., if not then get the hell out of any politics. Tell me.., what did they offer your "opposition" when they told you that they only going to deal with you, when they told you that it is you who they recgnize as the "legitimate" representative of the syrian people.., did you tell them that is up to the Syrian people and their vote to decid.., or you just blindly accepted their offer to keep your opposition-ism in life, what are you going to do with all that paid Islamist jihadist terrorist and othe kind of mercinarises in you backyard, are they going to be pat of your government or they are going to fight you and your government until the end of time.
if you think debating with Israeli govt is like talking to a wall then you should try debating a muslim believer, the wall will seem much more welcoming and intelligent.
The exact thing can be saying about debating with a Christian Fundie. If you've never tried it, I suggest you do. It's quite the treat.
Iran's PressTV is reporting 150 innocent civilians slaughter, another 1,200 injured and 1,500 strikes. How's that for terrorism and savagery?