Coming
through the wires now
Benjamin
Netanyahu
And in the Golan Heights
Israel starts ground offensive in Gaza
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a ground offensive
against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
Benjamin
Netanyahu
Photo: AFP
18
July, 2014
It
follows more than a week of Israeli air strikes against Gaza and
Hamas firing back hundreds of rockets.
The
Israeli military has been instructed to hit what are described as
terror tunnels from Gaza into Israel.
Eye
witnesses and Gaza residents report heavy artillery and naval
shelling along the border.
The
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they were extending their 10-day-old
Operation Protective Edge.
There
was a five-hour humanitarian truce on Thursday but exchanges of fire
resumed when it ended.
Some
230 Palestinians and one Israeli have died during the Operation
Protective Edge period.
In
a statement, the IDF said: "Following 10 days of Hamas attacks
by land, air and sea, and after repeated rejections of offers to
de-escalate the situation, the IDF has initiated a ground operation
within the Gaza Strip."
Israel
said it has carried out more than 1,960 attacks on Gaza since 8 July,
while militants have fired some 1,380 rockets at Israel.
The
UN said at least 1,370 homes have been destroyed in Gaza and more
than 18,000 people displaced in recent hostilities.
It
said most of those killed in Gaza have been civilians
And in the Golan Heights
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