Israel and Gaza Exchange Rocket Fire Before Peace Talks Begin
by RELEVANT
August 14, 2013

Despite restarting peace talks for the first time in five years today, Israeli warplanes struck two Hamas-controlled areas in Gaza that had shot rockets into Israel the night before. No casualties have been reported. Earlier yesterday, as a sign of goodwill before the peace talks, Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners—a move that was met with both praise and criticism. The face-to-face talks are being held in a secret location, and leaders from the U.S. (who helped broker the negotiations ) hope that the two sides will have come to some manner of resolution within nine months …