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Destroying Gaza Isn’t (Netanyahu) Goal, It’s Far Worse 8/7/14

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    Published on Aug 7, 2014

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    Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefi

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    Published on Aug 7, 2014

    PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM

    Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a first step towards negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old war.



    Minutes before the truce began at 8 a.m.

    (0500 GMT), Hamas launched a salvo of rockets, calling them revenge for Israel's "massacres".

    Israel's anti-missile system shot down one rocket over Jerusalem, police said.

    Another hit a house in a town near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

    There were no casualties.



    Israeli armour and infantry left Gaza ahead of the truce, with a military spokesman saying their main goal of destroying cross-border infiltration tunnels dug by Islamist militants had been completed.

    "Mission accomplished," the military tweeted.

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