US State Department confirms that the rocket fire that broke the cease fire on August 19, 2014 came from Gaza. At the press briefing on 8/19/2014 the State Department Spokesperson stated:
“[I]t is our understanding that an extension[of the cease fire] was agreed to, but that since has been broken. We are very concerned about today’s developments, condemn the renewed rocket fire, and as we have said, Israel has a right to defend itself against such attacks. We call for an immediate end to rocket fire and hostilities and a return to cease-fire talks. It [the rocket fire] came from Gaza. And the – and Hamas has security responsibility for Gaza. So it did come from Gaza.”
“AJIRI is playing a crucial function to redress the balance of the automatic majority against Israel at the UN. This role is critical as Israel faces a concerted campaign of delegitimization which appropriates and abuses multilateral forums for their agenda.”