The Muqata: IDF Operation Protective Edge

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11:51pm rocket alert Kerem Shalom
11:30-31 pm Rocket barrage Ashkelon, Hof Ashkelon
10:55 pm rocket alert Ashdod, Nitzanim, Ashkelon
10:31 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
9:06 pm more rocket alerts Beit Shemesh area
9:05 pm Beit Shemesh and surrounding areas
8:19 pm Multiple rocket alerts Sha'ar HaNegev
8:04 pm Rocket alert Eshkol Region
7:48 pm Rocket alert Sha'ar HaNegev
7:36 pm Multiple rocket alerts Eshkol Region
7:29 pm ongoing barrage to Ashkelon and Ashdod
7:20 pm Rocket alert Sha'ar HaNegev
7:08 pm Rocket Alert Eshkol and Negev region
6:38 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
6:28 pm Rocket alerts Hof Ashkelon, Ashkelon
6:09 pm Another rocket alert in Kissufim (Eshkol)...wait, make that two
6:00 pm Rocket alert Kissufim (Eshkol)
5:37 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
5:27 pm Multiple rocket alerts, Sderot and Hof Ashkelon
5:17 pm Rocket alerts Sderot, Shaar HaNegev, Hof Ashkelon
5:13 pm Rocket alerts Sderot, Hof Ashkelon
5:00 pm Rocket alert Be'eri (Eshkol)
4:48 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
4:42 pm Rocket alerts Shaar HaNegev

4:32 pm IAF hits car full of cash, as it targets (and eliminates) Hamas moneyman Mohammed Talat al-Ghoul.

4:12 pm Multiple rocket alerts Shaar HaNegev
4:06 pm Rocket alert Sderot and surrounding areas
3:59 pm Rocket alert Eshkol x2
3:51 pm Ongoing barrage Ashkelon
3:47 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
3:35 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
3:20 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
3:10-11 pm Rocket barrage Ashdod, Ashkelon, Hof Ashkelon, Kiryat Malachi Be'er Tuvia
3:05 pm Rocket alert Hof Ashkelon
2:37 pm Ongoing barrage of rocket alerts Hof Ashkelon
2:35 pm Multiple rocket alerts Kerem Shalom
2:35 pm Rocket alert Sderot
2:24 pm Rocket alert Eshkol Region

2:21 pm In the mortar strike an hour ago at the Erez Crossing Point (Northern Gaza), 3 people were wounded moderately to seriously, ages 27, 41 and 56. YNET reports the wounded were Israelis who came to pick up their wounded relatives from Gaza who were coming to Israeli for medical treatment. The wounded were evacuated to Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon under heavy mortar fire. The crossing point has been closed by the IDF.

2:23 pm Rocket alert Shaar Hanegev
2:02 pm Rocket barrage Hof Ashkelon, Ashkelon

1:53 pm Update on Israeli hit by Arab stone throwers in Gush Etzion last night...
He regained consciousness earlier in the morning for a short time, but has internal bleeding in the head.
The coma he is in is apparently an induced coma.
He went into surgery an hour and half ago.
For your prayers, his name is Yedayah ben Orna

1:38 pm Rocket alerts near Ofakim
1:27 pm Multiple rocket alerts Hof Ashkelon
1:22 pm Rocket alert Hof Ashkelon

1:20pm Five Injured in mortar strike near Gaza border community area. 1 seriously injured.

1:05 pm Rocket alert Hof Ashkelon
1:02-03 pm Rocket barrage Hof Ashkelon
12:56 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
12:54 pm Multiple alerts Eshkol region
12:53 pm Multiple alerts Be'er Sheva, Ofakim areas
12:52 pm Rocket alert Be'er Sheva
12:47 pm Rocket alert Be'er Sheva

12:39 pm Update on Israeli hit by Arab stone throwers in Gush Etzion last night...
Despite surgery overnight at Hadassah Ein Karem, his condition has worsened. He is now listed in serious condition.
He is in a coma and on a respirator.
It appears the stone thrown by the Arabs hit him directly in the head, resulting in the car then flipping.
For your prayers, his name is Yedayah ben Orna

12:13 pm Yet another alert in Ashdod
12:12 pm Rocket barrage Ashdod area
12:11 pm Rocket alert Ashdod
12:05 Rocket alert Eshkol region
11:40 Barrage Ashdod and Shaar Hanegev
11:40 More Rocket Alerts Shaar Hanegev
11:36 am Barrage of Rocket alerts Sha'ar HaNegev and Hof Ashkelon
11:20 am Rocket alert Be'eri
11:00 am Rocket alert Be'eri
10:57 am Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
10:53 am Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
10:04 am Rocket barrage Sderot, Shaar HaNegev
9:15 am Barrage of Rocket Alerts Ashdod, Ashkelon
8:39 am Multiple rocket alerts Shaar HaNegev
8:31 am Another rocket alert Eshkol region
8:30 am Rocket alert Eshkol region

7:45 am Firebombs thrown on Modiin-Jerusalem highway 443 late last night near a few kms from Jerusalem No known injuries or damage.
Rock attack on Israeli civilian car last night near Beit Omar on Gush Etzion-Hevron road causing car to overturn. 1 wounded moderately and 2 lightly.

7:41 am IDF holds Syria responsible for 5 rockets fired from Syrian territory at Israel's Golan Heights.

7:36 am Rocket alert Eshkol region
7:34 am Rocket alert Eshkol region

7:32am IDF hits over 17 terror targets in Gaza overnight.

7:00 am Rocket alert Eshkol region
6:46 am Rocket alert Eshkol region
6:32 am Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
6:29 am Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
6:22 am Multiple rocket alerts Eshkol region, Shaar HaNegev
6:19 am Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
5:51 am Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
1:35 am Yet another rocket alert in the Golan
1:32 am Another rocket alert in the Golan
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1:24 am Rocket alert in the GOLAN
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1:17am #BlocktheBoat fails, as ILWU #23 Union President says they won't be hijacked. Union workers called "scabs" for doing their job and harassed at lunch by BDS activists.

ZIM ship unloads, despite economic terrorism...

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/blocktheboat-fails-to-stop-zim-unloading-in-tacoma/2014/08/24/

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1:15 am Two children injured in Katyusha attack from Lebanon earlier (23 suffered various degrees of injury)

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/2-children-wounded-in-katyusha-attack-from-lebanon/2014/08/24/

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12:17 am Hamas has ordered a halt of PUBLIC executions. From now on, no more shooting people in the town square (where there are cameras).

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/following-isis-comparisons-hamas-orders-halt-to-public-executions/2014/08/24/