Hamas fire rockets at Israeli cities after Gaza is pounded by airstrikes

Hamas fire rockets at Israeli cities after Gaza is pounded by airstrikes as 40,000 reservists called up and tanks massed for 'planned operation'.

Air raid sirens were sounded across Israel tonight as the country's armed forces stepped up their offensive in the Gaza Strip. A series of explosions hit Jerusalem as apparent rocket attacks were carried out by Hamas which has seen its territory in Gaza pounded by airstrikes throughout the day.

On Tuesday night the group said it had launched rocket attacks against three Israeli cities - Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa - but authorities said there had been no casualties. Israeli officials said a rocket had landed in Hadera,100km (60 miles) from Gaza - further into the country than had previously been reached - and threatened to invade if the attacks didn't stop.

 

 

A blast shakes the Gaza Strip after an attack by Israeli forces. Speaking on the strikes, an Israeli cabinet minister said 'It won't end in a day and it won't end in two days'

Gaza Drowning In Floods After The Heavy 2013 Rain.

Gaza is sinking after heavy rain. This is NOT due to an environmental disaster, but decades of siege & destruction.

Winter storm fells trees, damages buildings and injures dozens of people in densely populated Palestinian enclave.

Severe flooding has forced dozens of families in the Palestinian Gaza Strip to leave their homes as a winter storm battered much of the Eastern Mediterranean. Some poorly built houses collapsed in the icy rain on Thursday, and many residents were seeking refuge in schools.

 

The Health Ministry said more than 30 residents had been injured in car crashes and collapsed buildings.

One of the most densely populated tracts on Earth, Gaza lacks much basic civil infrastructure and lives under an Egyptian-Israeli blockade with the declared purpose to cut off arms flows, but also curbs imports of fuel, building supplies and basic goods.

"This is the worst weather we've had in 20 years. There's no electricity, fuel and cooking gas. Many homes are flooded and destroyed," shop owner Fayez al-Yazghi told Al Jazeera. "We need urgent intervention from the whole world to save our lives."

 

The Floods Flooded hundreds of homes on Friday in Gaza. Civil defense  forced to hire a small fishing boats to evacuate families. the Gaza government announced harboring people affected in a number of public schools in Gaza Strip.

This harder and cold weather on Gaza Strip passes under the electricity crisis ,which the Gaza Strip cetizens suffering from, since the beginning of November lead to power outages for more than 18 hours a day due to suspension of the only power plant in Gaza as a result of the entry into force of industrial fuel.

 

The wedding of the youngest newlyweds in Gaza

 Yesterday was the wedding of Ahmad, "15 years", to the child Tala, 14 years old, in a small village in northern Gaza. The groom's home have been destroyed in the recent war on Gaza.

His family decided his marriage to revival the traditional marry of  the palace which ceased to exist in Gaza and returned again because of the difficult conditions experienced by the people of Gaza which invite them to marry off their children to take advantage of the aid provided by institutions for poor families, regardless of the number of its members.

The causes of early marriage for girls:

1. The deterioration of the political situation and its reflection on all aspects of life.
2. Habits and traditions.
3. Intermarriage.