Calm, but still no Gaza ceasefire

Avi Dichter, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and former head of Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), warned that only Israel will dictate military options.

A member of Hamas' military police walks through rubble at a site that was hit by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on August 9, 2018

A member of Hamas' military police walks through rubble at a site that was hit by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on August 9, 2018

(photo credit: MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

AUGUST 12, 2018 23:29

Updated: AUGUST 13, 2018 00:58

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