Friday War News: Operation Cast Lead — Day 14 — Israel Continues Operations Against Hamas Terror Despite UN Vote; Attempted Terror Attack in Rechovot, 5 Gazans Nabbed in Ramallah for Terrorism, Arabs Stone Bus Near Shechem

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3 Grads Hit Ashdod Despite [Daily] 3-Hr Truce

Security Cabinet Votes to Continue Operation Cast Lead [Will Israel Escalate Ground War and Wipe Out Hamas?], by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)

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Olmert cites Israel’s “right to defend the security of its citizens.”

UN Passes Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution [US Abstains in UN Security Council Vote] (Jerusalem Post)

1 Hurt as Over 25 Rockets Hit South [Kassam, Grad Rockets, Mortars Hit Sderot, Ashkelon, Beersheba, Eshkol and Merhavim Regions] (Jerusalem Post)

Summary of IDF Operations Overnight (IDF Spokesperson)

IDF: Third Soldier Dead in 24 Hours of Operation Cast Lead, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Heavy Gaza Clashes, IAF Strikes Follow UNSC Call for Truce [Senior Hamas Operative Killed, 5 IDF Soldiers Wounded Overnight] (Jerusalem Post)

IAF Strikes 50 Terror Targets [Including Hamas Naval Base, Islamic Jihad Office, 5 Rocket Launch Sites, Over 15 Weapons Caches, 5 Weapons Factories, 5 Groups of Armed Hamas terrorists], by Maayana Miskin {Israel National News)

IDF Discovers Hamas Booby-Trap Map [Terrorists’ Coded Map of Gaza Neighborhood Shows Locations of Explosive Devices, Sharpshooters] Hanan Greenberg (Ynet)

Man Lightly Injured [by Ax-Swinging Arab] in Rehovot Attack, by Eli Senyor (Ynet)

Arabs Pelt Bus Near Shechem

Israel Imposes General Closure [in Yehuda, Shomron — Midnight Thursday through Midnight Saturday]

Judea, Samaria on High Alert over [Warnings of Terrorist Groups’] Kidnap Plans, by Maayana Miskin (Israel National News)

Border Police Arrest 5 Gazans in Ramallah [Suspected of Hostile Security Activity]

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