Israeli Military Starts Ground Operations in Gaza
In the other big news of the day, the expected Israeli ground invasion of Gaza has begun.
Israel sent ground forces into the Gaza Strip in a military offensive intended to stop the barrage of missiles fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants, raising the stakes of the 10-day-old conflict after an Egyptian peace plan was spurned.
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“The prime minister and defense minister have instructed the Israel Defense Forces to begin a ground operation tonight to destroy the terror tunnels dug from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory,” Netanyahu’s office said in a text message.