- Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:31 pm
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Obama calls on Israel to restrain itself, hints the bombings was brought on by the killing of a Palestinian teen, fails to mention Israel has arrested the men responsible while 3 Israel teens were killed and Palestinians have done nothing to their killers who are being seen as heroes.
(Reuters) - Hamas stepped up rocket fire at southern Israeli towns and Israel called up reserve troops on Monday in anticipation of a possible escalation of hostilities with the Islamist group that dominates the Gaza Strip.
The armed wing of the Palestinian group said it fired dozens of rockets within about an hour, after hundreds since mid-June.
Israel said more than 40 rockets were launched as militants' funerals were held in Gaza. Thirty struck inside Israel and the rest were shot down by rocket interceptors, the army said.
Israel on Sunday announced it had arrested six Jewish suspects in what police believe was the revenge murder of Abu Khudair, whose charred body was found in Jerusalem on Wednesday, a day after Naftali Fraenkel and Gil-Ad Shaer, both 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, were buried.
The three Jewish seminary students went missing while hitchhiking on June 12 were tortured and buried alive. Palestine has neither confirmed nor denied having any role in their disappearance but warned it will happen again if Israel doesn't return stolen land.
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