Two separate U.S. State Department tweets calling for Israel to stop its counterstrikes against terrorists in Gaza are now deleted.It follows fierce backlash against the agency for seeming to suggest Israel doesn't have a right to defend itself or engage in counter operations after Palestinian fundamentalists launched a multi-front surprise attack on Saturday.As of Monday morning, more than 700 Israelis are confirmed dead – and on Sunday it was announced that more than 2,000 were injured in the attack. This does not include those still being held hostage in Gaza, the number of which is unknown but thought to be in the hundreds at least.
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