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Israel extends Gaza truce until Sunday despite Hamas rocket fire
Moran Azulay
Published: 27.07.14, 01:02
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1. huge Israeli blunder
y-man ,   budapest   (07.26.14)
Next time Hamas will fire chemical or nuclear missiles. Netanyahu= Voice of Churchill, hand of Chamberlain.
2. Gaza
Vadim ,   Ramat Hasharon   (07.26.14)
From where you're getting the numbers of killed in Gaza? From Hamas? It is not reliable source at all.
3. JOHN KERRY GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS
(07.26.14)
4. To Ashok kumar
Barney ,   USA   (07.26.14)
No negotiating for soldiers bodies. Simply shoot one Arab prisoner every 4 hours until he is returned. Worst case scenario rid Israeli prisons of inhuman scum. You like?
5. Truce.
Sjoerd van der Velde ,   Hoorn, Holland   (07.26.14)
The present, entire world-population and humankind really can take an example to the Jewish and Israeli people. Israel is one of the most moral states. MAY G.D ALSO BLESS HIS JEWISH AND ISRAELI PEOPLE!
6. Pls IDF, mount Trophy on every APC..
Beary White ,   Norway   (07.26.14)
...and every personel-carrier, even if they are not armored.. If not, reduce or stop the transport of soldiers in APC.
7. Netanyahu: yahweh says 1,000 more!
USA   (07.26.14)
8. Cease Fire
Steve Gure ,   Coconut Creek   (07.26.14)
For Israel to extend the cease fire is total insanity and a betrayal of all Israelis especialy the fallen soldiers. I can not believe they are considering this.
9. bibi is weak
geroge   (07.26.14)
can't decide, scared of obama's reaction, sweats, wants everyone to agree. This is not a leader. Hamas is firing violating ceasefire extension. So bibi stands their limp, 40 idf soldiers and 200 injured for nothing. Yaalon has held bibi up. Without him, bibi would be revealed to be a weak weak leader.
10. Ceasefire
jeremy ,   hula valley kibbutz   (07.26.14)
Kerry go home, let us finish the job first then talk about a cease fire, We have Hamas on the ropes, let's just take them out once and for all. Other wise we will be back here again in a few years and it will be worse
11. "Rest up for Ramadan"
DvorahTheProphetess ,   SC, USA   (07.26.14)
so Hamas can regroup to STRIKE Israel on Rosh HaShana? Whose IDIOTIC idea is this!!?? Oh - yes, Mr. Kerry is in the vicinity.
12. tunnels and all other infrastructure must be destroyed
CJK   (07.26.14)
israel is a sovereign state. she has the right to self defence per united nations charter. hamas is a terror organization that is devoted to the destruction of the state of israel. any attempt by obama and other international actors to equate the sovereign state of srael with a terror group must be rejected totally.
13. Netanyahu
Robert Haymond ,   Teko'a, Israel   (07.27.14)
We, Israelis, cannot trust our PM. He bobs, he weaves, he wiggles, he warns, he procrastinates, he is indecisive, he bends, he folds but the one thing he never does is inspire confidence. He is not a true leader. Better Naphtali Bennett, Danny Danon or Avigdor Lieberman. As for Bibi, make him foreign minister. He is perfectly articulate in English, he gets along with American personnel and he gives great speeches. The Israeli people, however, are very cynical when speaking of him and speak they do, quite loudly and freely.
14. Israel extends truce despite rockets fired
Israel making the ,   same mistake again   (07.27.14)
was the mistake Israel did all these years that Hamas was able to make all those tunnels and gather so many rockets.
15. UN is responsable for every death in gaza and in israel
jew ,   europe   (07.27.14)
nobody else just UN they should already send nato inside kill all terrorist , help innocent (if there are some) and clean gaza of all amrs put solders there and till ideologia and life wont change stay there but they only accuse israel israel should probe UN ! they are only one who is breaking international law!
16. Extending Truce: Big Mistake!
Jake Stone ,   USA   (07.26.14)
The terrorists have no position to bargain from; they're the party getting whipped! That's why they haven't broken this ceasefire. They are running scared. Israel holds all the cards: unconditional surrender by all parties in Gaza, including the so-called (ol' poor me) fake Palestinians! Then, they're sent to Jordan, along with all the other clowns in Judea and Samaria.
17. IDF soldiers can use some rest.
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (07.27.14)
18. the blockade of the terror entity of gaza will not be lifted
CJK   (07.26.14)
the purpose of the blockade is to keep out weapons of all manner from gaza. since Israel withdrew all of her forces from gaza in 2005, the territory has been turned into a weapons depot, with sophisticated missiles among others which hamas uses to fire into the sovereign state of israel. it is intolerable that a sovereign state be bombarded with missiles by a terror group. the terror attacks against Israel by hamas and Islamic jihad are clear war crimes. even more importantly, these terror attacks against Israel are a clear violation of the very nature of sovereignty as enshrined in international laws.
19. Cease fire?
Robert ,   farmington,wv   (07.26.14)
I'm for a cease fire if it's going to save the lives of more Israelis, the thing is Israel already has won or the world wouldn't be crying like they are. So what has Israel accomplish you may ask (1)Israel has destroyed most of Hamas tunnels (2)killed top Hamas officers (3)destroyed most of Hamas Weapons (4)dealt a blow to Hamas and set them back many years (5)Hamas isn't nearly as strong as they was a week ago (6)the iron dome has proved to be a big success (7)merkava trophy system has been a success (8)exposed Hamas for who they are Animals (9)Israel has better intelligence on what there enemies are trying to accomplish, and the strategies of there enemies. (10) won't allow Israel to get to entertained by Hamas while Israel other enemies grow stronger. (11) has set the Palestinians state hood negotiations back many years. Yes Hamas is still a threat, but there is no way the world will let Israel completely remove Hamas from Gaza that's just how the anti-Semitic world works, save everybody else and kill the Jews. Kerry Has came up with a so called cease fire or soon will as long as it doesn't give Hamas a Victory or put more Israelis in danger I think Israel needs to agree to it. But I'm sure in days,weeks or months we will be back to dodging rockets and at war again. Until the God of Israel decides to remove Israel enemies, Israel is going have to fight many more wars unfortunately. May the god of Israel forever bless the State Of Israel and keep her safe from her enemies and may the fallen soldiers never be forgotten and always have a spot in our hearts.
20. Israel bombing rubble, killing civilians, fear world opinion
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (07.27.14)
21. remember the reason there is a blockade was because
hamas was sending ,   suicide murders   (07.27.14)
into Israel. Now they are only left with dumb rockets. Kick their asses like Egypt did to the MB.
22. Congrats to Hamas?
Mark ,   Miami US   (07.27.14)
Are U Kidding Me?! How did we get this backward? We all know the history since Gaza was returned; why are the social media/PR explanations so poor? Arabs throughout the Middle East kill each other, which the world seems to take in stride, yet when Palestinians try to kill Israelis and Israel retaliates, it explains it defensively, as if it has to be esplained & justified. That has to stop. Hamas demands Israel opens the border, claiming that Gaza is like a prison. Hamas has only itself to blame. More importantly, is Hamas demanding that Egypt open the Philadelphia Gate border as well, or do they only mention Israel?! How cynical. PS Israel cannot continue a ceasefire while Hamas fires missiles. This is insane and will backfire on Israel (It inspires Hamas, while the world press will find another way to explain Israel's actions in a negative light).
23. Appearances are everything and we look stupid!
tom ,   tel aviv   (07.27.14)
24. A little history for the really ignorant
(07.27.14)
In 1948, Israel was given statehood by the UN. The Arab States at the time decided to go to war. Ever since then, Israel has had to adjust their strategy as war after war, conflict after conflict, has put Israel on the defensive. The UN had all good intentions but the hate for Jews drove Arabs to continue warring. Judaism has a beautiful history and many places in the Middle East are Jewish Heritage Sites. The Jews have made efforts to live Jews and Palestinians in Israel and the West Bank/ Palestine. They have done very good in many different regards. There are still disagreements but they can be resolved. Take the time to look up the word "Zion" and you will find that it means the establishment of a Jewish homeland and utopia and heaven. Israel is here to show how good things could be. Israel is having some difficulties and Christians and Muslims are obliged to help Israel. Israel is not trying to expand. They have ceded land for peace. Land that was brought under control by Israel after being used to threaten Israel and that has gone right back to being used to threaten Israel by terrorist. The innocent people of Gaza that have suffered is because of groups like Hamas. Some peoples comments can be so naive you'd think they were actually enemies of Israel. Israel does not need Hamas to have N. Korea arms deal. There needs to be a building effort of dwellings as well as a rebuilding of spirits and souls.
25. This time is the test of our will to go on as a living State
tom ,   tel aviv   (07.27.14)
26. You can't fix stupid
Jhan   (07.27.14)
You just can't...
27. bibi, livni and lapid just sentenced idf soldiers to death
hy   (07.27.14)
hte additional ceasefire pushed by livni lapid and bibi just sentenced idf soldiers to death and some have died. YOu do not understand arabs after 65 years. They regard israel as weak for wanting a ceasefire regardless of US and EU pressures. The goal was to destroy all tunnels and stop rocket fire. You miserable cowards from bottom to start. Instead of proceeding to the objective, bibi stalls and sweats and shows jews to be weak which fits with the historical narrative. Whatever you do france and eu will attack us. So achieve the objectives and shut up about it.
28. Bibi I'm willing
ROBERT ,   FARMINGTON,WV   (07.27.14)
Bibi I'm willing to lose a war, for people to love me. One Israel soldier has been killed since the cease fire, because he wasn't allowed to defend himself,
29. A despicable sacrafice of Israeli lives.
Chaim ,   Israel   (07.27.14)
For Israel to observe a "cease fire" while Hamas fires rockets at her civilians is a despicable sacrafice of Israeli lives. No other nation would do something so dumb. How can Israel expect others to respect Israeli lives when the Israeli government doesn't?
30. Israel looks weak
Shlomo The Homo ,   Tel Aviv   (07.27.14)
45 soldiers are dead and Natanyaho is desperately looking to stop the fighting. I think Israel looks weak here
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