In the fourth day of violence along the Gaza Strip, Hamas and Israel each claim wins and losses. The Israeli military is continuing its campaign of air strikes against targets in Gaza. A Gaza official puts the Palestinian death toll at more than 360 with 1400 wounded. Rockets fired from Gaza at Israeli cities killed four people yesterday. Meanwhile, the international community, led by the United Nations, calls for an immediate ceasefire as civilian casualties mount up in the densely-populated region. From the protests in Syria to the pleas from the United Nations, Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem bureau chief with at the New York Times, and Jim Muir, the Beirut bureau chief for the BBC, give us a road map to the global reaction to the ongoing strife.
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It is disappointing that the American media including NPR spends so much time analyzing the unrest and war between Israel and Hamas.
Aren't there more pressing issues that deserve attention? Perhaps, any one of the top ten humanitarian crisis identified by Doctors without Borders would be more appropriate.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/
It is tragic that civilians are killed and homes destroyed; where was the protest when dozens of missiles sent from Gaza rained down on civilian population centers in Israel almost immediatly after the settlers were evacuated from Gaza. This has been going on for years with little or no comment from those so concerned about the Palestinians.
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