Sunday, August 10, 2014

Gaza Talks On Brink Of Collapse As Israel And Hamas Exchange Fire



Israel Says Won't Talk Under Fire, New Gaza Truce Plan Mulled -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it was prepared for protracted military action in Gaza and would not negotiate under rocket fire as Egypt crafted a new truce plan to try to keep indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks alive.

Israeli air strikes and shelling killed three Palestinians in Gaza, including a boy of 14 and a woman, medics said, in a third day of renewed fighting that has jeopardized efforts by Egypt, which also borders the enclave, to end the month-old hostilities.

Since a three-day truce expired on Friday, Palestinian rocket and mortar salvoes have focused on Israeli kibbutzim, or collective farms, just across the border in what appeared to be a strategy of sapping the Jewish state's morale without triggering another ground invasion of the tiny Gaza Strip.

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More News On The Israel - Hamas War

Gaza Blog Live -- Al Jazeera
LIVE UPDATES: Rocket barrages strike south Israel as far as Ashkelon -- Haaretz
LIVE BLOG: Israel's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza -- Jerusalem Post
Hamas and Israel said to agree to 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza: Live -- Times of Israel

Amid Gaza Cease-Fire Talks, Israel and Palestinians Trade Blows -- New York Times
Palestinians threaten to quit talks if Israeli negotiators don't attend -- CNN
Gaza talks on brink of collapse as Israel and Hamas trade threats -- The Guardian
Gaza: Palestinians threaten to leave truce talks -- The Telegraph
Rockets pound Ashkelon as Palestinians mull new 72-hour truce -- Jerusalem Post
Palestinians accept new 72-hour cease-fire offer -- FOX News
Palestinian negotiators say willing to accept 72-hour truce -- Haaretz
Gaza conflict: Fresh fears for ceasefire talks in Cairo -- BBC
Hamas Slams ‘Loser’ Netanyahu as Israel Says No Talks Under Fire -- Bloomberg
Cairo talks in disarray amid Gaza violence -- Al Jazeera
Hamas threatens major escalation in rocket strikes on Israel -- The Guardian
Gaza talks: Hamas says Israel not serious about Cairo summit -- The Guardian

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