Egypt has officially opened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza for all injured Palestinians seeking medical assistance. The latest round of air-strikes in Gaza have brought the death toll to 75, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Wednesday night, Israeli fighter jets targeted a media vehicle in down-town Gaza City, killing journalist Hamed Shihab and injuring five others. On Wednesday alone, 24 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, including six women and nine children. Another 20 people, including seven women and children, were killed on Thursday morning. The ministry also reported that a total of 474 Palestinians have been wounded since Israel launched “Operation Protective Edge” late Monday night. There have been over 770 Israeli air-strikes and 320 rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel since the conflict started on Monday. Despite these figures, Israeli forces insist they are exercising restraint in an attempt to limit civilian casualties. A spokesperson of the IDF has posted a video of Palestinians fleeing a house, claiming an air-strike was aborted in the interests of preventing civilian casualties. In the past two days, Israel has been responsible for the most civilian casualties since their Operation…
Egypt opens border crossing for injured Palestinians as death toll rises to 75
July 10, 2014
