Friday, July 18, 2014

Israel starts Gaza ground offensive --- The Israeli military has begun a ground offensive against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, stepping up its 11-day-old military operation. -- Troops and tanks were sent into Gaza to deal "a significant blow to Hamas", Israel said. -- Troops and tanks were sent into Gaza to deal "a significant blow to Hamas", Israel said. -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the invasion after days of intensive rocket fire and air strikes between the two sides. -- Gaza's health ministry said 11 Palestinians had been killed since the ground offensive began on Thursday night. -- A five-month-old child was among the dead, Palestinian medics told AFP news agency. Israel said it had killed 14 "terrorists" overnight. -- .Israel meanwhile suffered its first military fatality, with the death of a soldier during the invasion, it said. -- Some 258 Palestinians - three-quarters of them civilians - have died since the start of the wider Israeli operation on 8 July, officials in Gaza say. -- An Israeli civilian was killed from mortar fire, and several Israelis have been seriously injured, Israeli medics say. -- More, BBC, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28359582

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