1、CRS InsightsIsrael and Hamas: Another Round of ConflictJim Zanotti, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs (jzanotticrs.loc.gov, 7-1441)July 18, 2014 (IN10104)Periodic violence between Palestinian militants in the Gaza Stripincluding the Islamist group Hamasand Israels military became a larger conflic
2、t on July 6-7, 2014, and Israel began a ground operation inGaza on July 17 with the stated objective of destroying tunnels used by militants to infiltrate Israeliterritory. Since the initial escalation, Hamas and other Palestinian militants have reportedly launchedmore than 1,000 rockets into Israel
3、 with longer ranges than in past conflicts, and Israel has conductedmore than 1,900 strikes on targets in Gaza. Rockets and/or mortars have also reportedly been fired onIsraeli-controlled territory from Lebanon, Syria, and Egypts Sinai Peninsula, in some cases provokingIsraeli retaliatory fire. Addi
4、tionally, Israel has reportedly shot down two Hamas drone aircraft and foileda Hamas sea raid. Though casualty figures cannot be independently verified, apparently more than 220Palestiniansmany or most of them civilians, but also some prominent Hamas operativeshave beenkilled, more than 1,500 injure
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