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Netanyahu orders Israeli military to prepare for 'significant expansion' of Gaza ground offensive
Fox News ^ | Friday, July 18, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 07/18/2014 9:32:23 AM PDT by Star Traveler

Netanyahu said the military's primary goal would be to destroy underground tunnels used by Hamas to attack the Jewish State. The announcement came hours after Israeli ground troops and tanks struck more than 100 terror targets in Israel's first major ground offensive in Gaza in just over five years.

“Since there is no way to deal with the tunnels only from the air, our soldiers are doing it now from the ground," Netanyahu said at the opening of an emergency cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, the Jerusalem Post reported. “We decided to launch the action after we tried all the other ways, and with an understanding that without this operation the price we will have to pay later would be much higher."

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; israel; stisraelhamas
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To: Star Traveler

Let’s hope Israel is setting sensors to detect digging in the future as well


21 posted on 07/18/2014 10:40:13 AM PDT by 11th_VA (Decriminalize Tax Evasion)
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To: Star Traveler

“The Day of the Lord” is when He wants it to be...


22 posted on 07/18/2014 10:47:23 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

The way things are going, it appears he wants it to be soon ... :-) ...


23 posted on 07/18/2014 10:56:55 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: GeronL

the US deals with them differently.

They set up welcome stations at the end of the tunnel.


24 posted on 07/18/2014 11:02:44 AM PDT by cableguymn (It's time for a second political party.)
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Here’s a running account of news reports related to these recent events with Israel and Hamas. If you want to catch up on the news accounts ... they are here ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/stisraelhamas/index

It’s listed from newest to oldest, so go to the bottom to start.


25 posted on 07/18/2014 11:11:45 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: cableguymn

yep


26 posted on 07/18/2014 11:43:36 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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