Israel - Hamas War News Updates -- July 14, 2014

Israeli Strikes On Gaza Enter Seventh Day -- Al Jazeera

Air raids and artillery fire continue as death toll reaches 173 and calls for a truce grow.

Israel has hit the Gaza Strip with air strikes and artillery fire on the seventh day of its offensive as diplomatic efforts to halt the bloodshed intensified.

Aircraft struck three training facilities of Hamas's military wing, the Qassam Brigades, around the coastal territory early on Monday, but caused no casualties, medics and eyewitnesses said.

They also hit buildings in Gaza City, Deir el-Balah in the southern part of the strip, and in the northern town of Jabaliya, injuring an unspecified number of people.

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Israel - Hamas War News Updates -- July 14, 2014

Israel shoots down Gaza drone - live updates -- The Guardian
LIVE UPDATES: Rocket barrage on south, soldier and boy lightly wounded -- Haaretz
Gaza Blog Live -- Al Jazeera

Israel's Gaza campaign in seventh day, amid rocket fire -- BBC
Israel holds off on escalating Gaza barrage; West wants truce -- Reuters
Palestinians struggle to find safety as Israel and Hamas continue attacks -- CNN
Palestinians flee parts of Gaza as Israeli air offensive rages on -- CSM
Israel holds off Gaza ground assault as world urges calm -- The Telegraph
Thousands Flee Northern Gaza After Israel Warnings -- BBC
Thousands abandon their Gaza homes -- AFP
Thousands of civilians flee Gaza, Palestinian death toll surpasses 160 -- RT
Israel Strikes Back Against Fire From Gaza, North -- Bloomberg
Israeli troops wounded in first ground incursion in Gaza -- The Telegraph
Israel Shoots Down Drone from Gaza -- VOA
Israel says it has downed drone along southern coast -- The Telegraph
Israel Says It Downed Drone as Gaza Death Toll Climbs -- ABC News
Israel says it has downed drone from Gaza -- Al Jazeera
Netanyahu explains goals of Gaza operation to Australian PM -- Jerusalem Post
Ground Operations in Gaza Not Ruled Out – Israeli Ambassador -- RIA Novosti
Decision on ground operation in Gaza Strip not taken yet — Israel's ambassador in Russia -- ITAR-TASS
Abbas to ask UN to put Palestine under international protection -- AFP
Can Israel avoid civilian deaths in Gaza offensive? -- CBS
Is Israel committing war crimes in Gaza? -- Aeyal Gross, Haaretz
Five reasons Israel will invade Gaza and five reasons it won't -- Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz