Palestinian nationalism

Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu has unveiled his official presidential election campaign, sending messages of “unity” to the public while vowing to defend “rights and democracy.”

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called Palestinian leaders amid Israeli aggression against Gaza and has called the international community to act for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Titus Corlatean has decided the emergency activation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) Crisis cell for granting consular assistance to Romanian citizens in the Gaza Strip, including a possible departure from the area, a press release remitted on Thursday to AGERPRES shows.

The Israeli consulate in Turkey has issued a statement on the recent escalation in Gaza Strip, saying the military campaign is aimed at stopping Hamas attacks.

Israel has launched an aerial offensive in the Gaza Strip, bombing more than 30 targets including homes and calling it part of a campaign named "Operation Protective Edge" targeting Hamas Islamist militants firing rockets at the Jewish state.

An air strike killed a Palestinian man on July 8, an emergency services spokesman said.        

Israel launched an aerial offensive in the Gaza Strip on July 8, bombing more than 30 targets including homes and calling it part of a campaign named "Operation Protective Edge" targeting Hamas Islamist militants firing rockets at the Jewish state.

Israel launched a series of air strikes on Gaza early on July 7 to quell Hamas rocket fire, and the Islamist group's armed wing said seven of its gunmen were killed, making it the deadliest day for Hamas since a 2012 cross-border war with the Jewish state.
 

Hamas warned Wednesday that Israel would pay for the kidnap and murder of a Palestinian teenager in annexed east Jerusalem, in suspected revenge for the murder of three Israeli teens.
      

Israel has started conducting air strikes on Hamas sites in Gaza, after the bodies of three Jewish youths were found in the southern West Bank.

The boys were kidnapped 19 days ago while trying to hitch a ride from the West Bank. Israel has blamed Hamas for the murders, but the organization has denied the accusations.

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) firmly condemns the killing of the three Israeli teenagers and conveys condolences and sympathy to the bereaved families, as well as solidarity with the entire people of Israel, reads a press release issued to AGERPRES on Tuesday.