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Despite intense pressure from the United States, Britain, France and Germany, Netanyahu will not give in.  It appears that the IDF may be getting ready to go into Gaza in a full military invasion.  Time will tell if this blows up or if we back away from WWIII for a while.  Stirling    

 

 

 

There will be no ceasefire in Gaza tonight ~ link ~ Hamas official Ayman Taha told Reuters that "agreement for calm has been reached" between Israel and Gaza militants and that the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire would go into effect tonight.

But now Hamas says that the ceasefire will not be tonight because Israel isn't responding to their proposals.

Earlier an Israeli official told BBC that bombardments from air, land and sea will continue until a deal establishes a long-term "quiet" in the south of Israel.

IDF signals East Gaza City dwellers to leave - Roads to South Israel closed ~ link ~ Chaos in northern Gaza.  The people on the ground feel that an invasion will happen very soon.  Stirling   

The Israeli Air Force has dropped leaflets signaling residents of the eastern outskirts of Gaza City Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 20, to leave their homes as Palestinian rocket fire on Israel intensifies and spreads to fresh locations. More than 100 fired so far. The IDF closed highways to southern Israel after hitting 11 missile teams, 30 buried launchers and 120 tunnels used as bomb shelters by Jihad fighters. The Palestinians reported 7 killed. 

The Israeli view from DEBKA ~ link  

Netanyahu: Israel ready to escalate Gaza offensive ~ link ~ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Tel Aviv is ready to escalate its offensive in the Gaza Strip, where the death toll has hit 140.

Netanyahu made the remarks in al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Tuesday night during a brief press appearance with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before the two entered closed-door talks.