DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 18, 2012, 5:07 AM (GMT+02:00)
Egyptian and Turkish leaders in Gaza mediation bid
Israel launched heavy air-sea assaults in Gaza before dawn Sunday, Nov. 18 after bargaining among Washington, Jerusalem, Cairo and Gaza failed to produce a truce accord. Israel accused Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Turkish premier Tayyip Erdogan of pushing Hamas’s terms to support its pose as victor. Israel’s war leaders, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, countered by intensifying the Gaza offensive – though not yet on the ground.
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Iron Dome intercepts Gaza missile over Tel Aviv
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November 17, 2012, 4:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli tanks on standby outside Gaza
Missile alert sirens sounded across Greater Tel Aviv Saturday, Nov. 17, before an explosion caused by Iron Dome’s interception of one of the two rockets incoming from the Gaza Strip against Israel’s largest conurbation for the third day in a row. The second rocket landed harmlessly on open ground.
Hamas claimed to have launched Iran-made Fajr-5 long-range missile against Tel Aviv. The Iron Dome anti-missile battery was deployed for the first time in Greater Tel Aviv that morning,
Hamas claimed to have launched Iran-made Fajr-5 long-range missile against Tel Aviv. The Iron Dome anti-missile battery was deployed for the first time in Greater Tel Aviv that morning,
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