The Wire | Israel Launches a Ground Invasion of Gaza—and No One Knows How It Will End TIME Israeli tanks rolled into the Gaza Strip Thursday, marking the start of a ground offensive in the Palestinian territory. After ten days of aerial bombardment and frequent threats of ground invasion, troops moved on the northern border of Gaza, raising ... Israel Launches Ground Operation in Gaza Strip Israel Launches Ground Invasion of Gaza Strip Israel launches large-scale ground operation in Gaza Strip |
New York Times | Israeli Military Invades Gaza, With Sights Set On Hamas Operations New York Times JERUSALEM — Israeli tanks rolled into the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday night and naval gunboats pounded targets in the south as Israel began a ground invasion after 10 days of aerial bombardment failed to stop Palestinian militants from showering ... |
Aljazeera.com | Israel launches Gaza ground invasion Aljazeera.com Speaking to Al Jazeera, Diana Buttu, a former legal advisor for the Palestinian peace negotiating team, said: "I think it's high time that the Palestinian Authority go and sign on to the International Criminal Court and start charging Israel with war ... |
Israel Invades Gaza After Hamas Rejects Truce ABC News It was the first major Israeli ground offensive in Gaza in just over five years and came after Egyptian-led efforts to broker a cease-fire failed. Earlier Thursday, 13 Hamas militants tried to infiltrate Israel through a tunnel under the Gaza-Israel ... |
Gaza fighters attempt to tunnel into Israel Aljazeera.com The Israeli army said it has stopped an attempt by more than a dozen Palestinian fighters to infiltrate southern Israel through tunnels in Gaza, as a temporary humanitarian truce came into effect in the enclave. An Israeli military statement said the ... |
Gaza Invasion: Inside Israel's Ground Operation Bloomberg July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Chertoff Group CEO Chad Sweet and Strategas Research Partners' Jason Trennert discuss the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza with Trish Regan on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg). |
Businessweek | With Little Help From Iran, Hamas Fights Israel With Homemade Rockets U.S. News & World Report Locally made rockets were given the names of founding leaders of Hamas who were assassinated by Israel in the previous years, namely, the M-75 rockets reaching Jerusalem, R-160 rockets that Hamas used on Haifa and J-80 rockets of an 80-kilometer ... Why More of Israel's Iron Dome Will Be Made in the US Israel's Iron Dome Gets New Funding as Gaza Fight… No safe haven for those living near Israel's Iron Dome |
USA TODAY | Israel: 3 indicted in Palestinian teen's 'revenge' death CNN Jerusalem (CNN) -- An adult and two minors have been indicted in what Israeli authorities say was the revenge killing of a Palestinian teen -- a death that helped stoke tensions between Israelis and Palestinians this month -- an Israeli district ... Florida teen beaten in Israel arrives home Israel Determines Murdered Palestinian Teen Victim Of Terror Attack Israel indicts suspects in Abu Khdeir revenge killing |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Israel Launches Ground Invasion in Gaza Foreign Policy (blog) The purpose of the ground offensive, according to a statement by the Israeli government, is to destroy the tunnels connecting Gaza to Israel that enable Hamas fighters to attack Israeli citizens. "[The operation] will deal significant damage to the ... |
Israel launches ground offensive in Gaza Strip Reuters GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel launched a Gaza ground campaign after 10 days of bombardments from the air and sea failed to stop militants' rocket attacks, stepping up an offensive that already has taken a heavy toll in civilian lives. Israel ... |