Israel - Hamas War News Updates -- August 21, 2014

Israel Airstrike Kills Three Hamas Commanders in Gaza Strip -- Bloomberg

An Israeli airstrike killed three senior military commanders from the Gaza Strip’s ruling Hamas movement a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that forces would hunt militant leaders down.

The raid, coming close behind an apparent attempt on the life of Hamas’s top military chief, was followed by a barrage of rockets on Israel from Gaza and a wave of Israeli aerial attacks on the Palestinian territory. The surge in violence threatens to overwhelm Egyptian efforts to halt six weeks of hostilities that have killed 2,075 Palestinians, including 27 today, according to Gaza officials, and 67 on the Israeli side. The last in a series of Egypt-brokered truces unraveled Aug. 19.

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Israel - Hamas War News Updates -- August 21, 2014

LIVE BLOG: Israel's offensive in Gaza -- Jerusalem Post
Gaza Blog Live -- Al Jazeera
Operation Protective Edge -- Arutz Sheva

Iron Dome intercepts rocket near Modi'in -- Jerusalem Post
Gaza Terror Rockets Target Jerusalem Area -- Arutz Sheva
Phone Call from Mashaal Exposed Deif's Location? -- Arutz Sheva

Gaza crisis: Israel kills three top Hamas commanders -- BBC
Hamas leaders die in wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza -- The Guardian
Hamas says three top commanders killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza -- FOX News
Israeli airstrike kills 3 commanders but Hamas seems unbowed -- CSM
Gaza: Thousands rally for Hamas leaders' funerals -- BBC
Hamas buries commanders killed by Israel -- Al Jazeera
Hamas vows revenge for commanders killed in Israeli strikes -- Euronews
Mashaal, Hamas defiant after assassinations -- Times of Israel
WATCH: IDF releases video of strike that killed top Hamas commanders in Gaza -- Jerusalem Post

Hamas executes 3 for 'collaboration' with Israel -- Daily Star/AFP
Hamas executes 3 Palestinians suspected of 'collaboration' with Israel -- Jerusalem Post
Hamas executes three on allegations of conspiring with Israel -- Al Bawaba
Hamas feels the corrosive effect of ‘grave betrayal’ -- Times of Israel

Senior Hamas official says group abducted Israeli teens -- Reuters
'We DID kidnap the three Israeli teens': Hamas veteran exiled in Turkey claims responsibility for 'heroic operation' that sparked Gaza conflict -- Daily Mail

Hamas warning: No flights into Tel Aviv -- UPI
Tel Aviv Airport Ignores Hamas Threat -- RIA Novosti

10,000 Reserve Soldiers Authorized for Emergency Draft -- Arutz Sheva
Israeli defense minister asks government to call up 10,000 reservists -- ITAR-TASS
Israel approves call up of 10,000 reservists in Gaza -- Xinhua

Israel ignores calls to lift Gaza siege -- Al-Monitor
Europeans to press for UN ceasefire resolution as rockets persist -- Times of Israel

Exclusive: Militants, weapons transit Gaza tunnels despite Egyptian crackdown -- Reuters
Retooled Hamas Bloodies Israel With Help From Hezbollah -- Bloomberg

Some see Qatar’s hand in collapse of Gaza talks -- AP
Killing of Hamas chiefs will spark desperate attacks against Israel -- Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel