Gaza live: Israeli airstrike topples mosque minaret 

Thursday 31 Jul 2014

Stuart Webb        ✔ @Worldwidewebb1

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#Gaza ...the minaret collapsed smashing into homes on the other side of the street...

9:18 AM - 31 Jul 2014

 Below are tweets from @paulmasonews @thompwalker and @Worldwidewebb1 in Gaza. Warning: this page includes some images that may be distressing   

July 31

   ::  Israeli aircraft strikes dozens of Gaza sites on Wednesday, including five mosques it said were being used by militants. :: Israel press ahead with its Gaza offensive saying it is days from achieving its core goal of destroying all Islamist guerrilla cross-border attack tunnels.

:: Leaving open the option of widening a ground campaign in the Hamas Islamist-dominated Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said it had called up an additional 16,000 reservists.

:: A military source said they would relieve a similar number of reserve soldiers being stood down. Gaza officials say at least 1,372 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in the battered territory and nearly 7,000 wounded.

:: Fifty-six Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza clashes and more than 400 wounded. Three civilians have been killed by Palestinian shelling in Israel.   

- See more at: http://blogs.channel4.com/paul-mason-blog/live-gaza-hopes-ceasefire-raised/1422#sthash.l6K2P89C.dpuf