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Recent reports from the Middle East, as well as the UK, indicate that Facebook is being used by arms dealers across the region to sell a wide range of weapons to rebel, terrorist and paramilitary groups.

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A reporter in a Gaza hotel stumbled upon several suspected Hamas militants assembling and then later fired a rocket from beneath a tent Monday. Sreenivasan Jain was in his hotel room when from his window he spotted several men putting together a blue-top tent. A day later, the tent was taken down and a rocket was […]

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Before and after satellite images of Gaza show the destruction caused by Israel’s recent missile attacks. In many of the images, entire neighborhoods are decimated, leaving behind blackened pockmarked earth. [ SPLOID ]

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LiveLeak user Facu compiled various videos of Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system taking down incoming missiles over Tel Aviv, Ashdod, Be’er Sheva, Ashkelon Gedera, and Yavne. The Iron Dome is designed to target and intercept inbound rockets and artillery shells fired from up to 2.5 miles away. [ LiveLeak ]

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A time-lapse video shows the devastating effect of Israeli airstrikes on a Gaza neighborhood Saturday. The Israel Defense Force targeted the Shijaiyah neighborhood and over the course of an hour razed the area to the ground. Just 12 hours later, a ceasefire was called, Business Insider reports. While the IDF has been working to destroy […]

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Although flights have been cancelled due to rockets flying through the sky (and planes falling out of it), former New York City mayor and gun control advocate Michael Bloomberg flew to Israel for what he says will show people that the area is safe.

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A group of elephants in the Safari Zoo in Ramat Gan, Israel, protected their young from incoming rockets from Gaza Thursday. As the air raid sirens sounded, the elephants huddled together, encircling their children, Buzzfeed reports. According to FOX News, Gaza militants fired over 140 rockets at major residential areas across southern Israel Thursday, marking […]

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