Sadly, the first Israeli has been killed by a Hamas rocket near the Gaza border:
BREAKING: An Israeli civilian was critically wounded by a rocket that struck the Erez crossing on the Gaza border.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 15, 2014
Update: The Israeli civilian who was injured at the Erez crossing has died of his wounds.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 15, 2014
According to the Jerusalem Post he was a rabbi who was helping feed the IDF soldiers:
Shrapnel from a mortar shell killed a man at the Erez Crossing, who, according to Israeli media reports , was a Chabad rabbi who had volunteered to distribute food to soldiers in the dangerous area.
Netanyahu has reportedly promised ‘great force’ against Hamas for rejecting the ceasefire:
BREAKING: Netanyahu says Israel will exert "great force" against Hamas after it rejected truce.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 15, 2014
And this from the Israeli PM Twitter account:
I hope some of this ‘great force’ will be in the name of this Rabbi who was killed while serving the IDF.
After all, his death will be cause for celebration in Gaza and elsewhere. I hope these terrorist have a party and Israel drops a bomb on it.