- All efforts by the International community, esp., US and Egypt, to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas are appearing to fail as Israeli strikes claimed its 100th Palestinian life.
- Hamas continued to fire rockets at Central Israel and an rocket from Lebanon that struck Israel signals an expanded conflict.
- Both sides are refusing to back down as Hamas says that they are merely defending their territory and Israel claims that Palestine invited the war by attacking its citizens.
- Israel is also preparing for a ground attack with tanks and artillery being gathered along the border and more than 30,000 troops being mobilized.
- Continued attacks also forced residents of Central Israel to seek shelter from the rockets. 3 Gaza missiles were also struck down by Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system.
- Read at:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/us-offers-to-mediate-as-gaza-death-toll-hits-100/article6202522.ece