Israel invades gaza strip

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SOURCE : http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2014/07/17/israel-gaza-tunnel-attack-foiled-ahead-of-truce

By KARIN LAUB and IAN DEITCH, Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Israeli soldiers invaded the Gaza Strip on Thursday, escalating a 10-day military operation to try to destroy Hamas' weapons arsenal, rocket firing abilities and tunnels under the Palestinian territory's border with Israel.

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 border, but were stopped by an Israeli strike at the mouth of the tunnel.

The military said the operation was open-ended and would be carried out on several fronts in the coastal strip.

"Our forces, large ground forces accompanied by massive air force support, naval forces and intelligence, are taking over targets in Gaza, operating against tunnels and terror activists and infrastructure," Israel's chief military spokesman Brig. Gen. Motti Almoz said.

He called on Gaza residents to evacuate areas where the military is operating, warning the "military is operating there with very great force."

Thousands of soldiers backed by tanks and huge DC9 bulldozers entered the Hamas-ruled territory after 10 p.m. Thursday, security officials and Israeli media said.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Israel "will pay dearly" for the assault. "Hamas is ready for a confrontation," he said.

An official in the Gaza security operations room reported heavy Israeli tank shelling along Gaza's border areas with Israel since 8 p.m. Thursday.

"All border areas are under fire. There is a tank shell every minute," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with briefing regulations. "There is also fire from the sea toward police checkpoints."

Thousands of Israeli soldiers had massed on the border with Gaza in recent days, waiting for the order to go in. Israel had called up 48,000 reserve soldiers and Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, another Israeli military spokesman, said more could be called up.

The ground operation followed a brief truce earlier Thursday in which Israel held fire to allow Gazans to stock up on food and other necessities after being largely holed up at home since the conflict began last month.

Since July 8, Israeli strikes have hit more than 2,000 targets in Gaza and Hamas launched nearly 1,500 rockets at Israel, the Israeli military has said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he instructed the army to go ahead after Hamas rejected an Egyptian cease-fire plan earlier in the week and after Hamas militants tried to infiltrate into Israel through a tunnel from Gaza.

"In light of the despicable and relentless aggression by Hamas and the dangerous infiltration into Israel, Israel is obliged to protect its citizens," the statement said.

Israel last carried out a major ground offensive in Gaza in January 2009. The ground operation came toward the end of a three-week military campaign.

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IDF starts Gaza ground offensive - Jerusalem Post[size]


Prior to the commencement of the ground invasion, the IDF launched a massive wave of combined air and artillery strikes on Thursday night. The ground invasion comes hours after a Hamas assault squad of thirteen highly armed terrorists attempted to carry out a massacre of civilians at Kibbutz Sufa, near the border, before being blocked by the IDF. Infantry, Armored Corps, Engineering Corps, artillery, and intelligence units are taking over various areas in Gaza, and are all working with one another and the air force. They are operating in northern, central, and southern Gaza, where Hamas has dug an extensive terrorist tunnel network.The IDF's Southern Command is overseeing the ground offensive. The units involved have undergone intensive training recently ahead of their missions, Brig.-Gen. Moti Almoz, IDF spokesman, said on Thursday night. "The operation has reached its ground phase," Almoz said. "Large numbers of forces began a focused effort to destroy tunnels in Gaza. We are in a new stage," he stated. At the same time, the air force is continuing with air strikes against Hamas and Islamic Jihad around Gaza. The Ground Forces are currently engaging terrorist infrastructure, and the operation "will be expanded as needed," Almoz said. "They're moving now in various areas of Gaza. We will continue to attack in every location we think needs to be struck," he warned.Prior to the commencement of the ground invasion, the IDF launched a massive wave of combined air and artillery strikes on Thursday night.


The ground invasion comes hours after a Hamas assault squad of thirteen highly armed terrorists attempted to carry out a massacre of civilians at Kibbutz Sufa, near the border, before being blocked by the IDF.


Infantry, Armored Corps, Engineering Corps, artillery, and intelligence units are taking over various areas in Gaza, and are all working with one another and the air force. They are operating in northern, central, and southern Gaza, where Hamas has dug an extensive terrorist tunnel network.


The IDF's Southern Command is overseeing the ground offensive.


The units involved have undergone intensive training recently ahead of their missions, Brig.-Gen. Moti Almoz, IDF spokesman, said on Thursday night.


"The operation has reached its ground phase," Almoz said. "Large numbers of forces began a focused effort to destroy tunnels in Gaza.


We are in a new stage," he stated. At the same time, the air force is continuing with air strikes against Hamas and Islamic Jihad around Gaza.


The Ground Forces are currently engaging terrorist infrastructure, and the operation "will be expanded as needed," Almoz said. "They're moving now in various areas of Gaza. We will continue to attack in every location we think needs to be struck," he warned.

NBC News Pulls Veteran Reporter from Gaza After Witnessing Israeli Attack on Children - The Intercept


Ayman Mohyeldin, the NBC News correspondent who personally witnessed yesterday’s killing by Israel of four Palestinian boys on a Gazan beach and who has received widespread praise for his brave and innovative coverage of the conflict, has been told by NBC executives to leave Gaza immediately. According to an NBC source upset at his treatment, the executives claimed the decision was motivated by “security concerns” as Israel prepares a ground invasion, a claim repeated to me by an NBC executive. But late yesterday, NBC sent another correspondent, Richard Engel, along with an American producer who has never been to Gaza and speaks no Arabic, into Gaza to cover the ongoing Israeli assault (both Mohyeldin and Engel speak Arabic).


Mohyeldin is an Egyptian-American with extensive experience reporting on that region. He has covered dozens of major Middle East events in the last decade for CNN, NBC and Al Jazeera English, where his reporting on the 2008 Israeli assault on Gaza made him a star of the network. NBC aggressively pursued him to leave Al Jazeera, paying him far more than the standard salary for its on-air correspondents.


Yesterday, Mohyeldin witnessed and then reported on the brutal killing by Israeli gunboats of four young boys as they played soccer on a beach in Gaza City. He was instrumental, both in social media and on the air, in conveying to the world the visceral horror of the attack.

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ISRAEL SENDING TANKS INTO GAZA.
4:10 PM - 17 Jul 2014

[DiFronzo]

Yes, in order to destroy all missles, missle launchers and anything that can be harmful to the citizens of Israel.

[Apollo]

About time.

[Dean.]

Yes, in order to destroy all missles, missle launchers and anything that can be harmful to the citizens of Israel.

+1

Hopefully this will end once and for all. (small chance though)

[JDC]

If the purpose of the invasion is to stop the violence, then maybe this just might be the much-needed end to the ongoing conflict.

But if its purpose is simply to create more violence, then that's a different story; violence is not the end solution (notice the word "end") to violence.

[Tiny]

violence is not the end solution to violence.

That's what I came here to say.

[Orel]

If the purpose of the invasion is to stop the violence, then maybe this just might be the much-needed end to the ongoing conflict.

But if its purpose is simply to create more violence, then that's a different story; violence is not the end solution (notice the word "end") to violence.

Thats not violence.. the hamas people build hundreds of tunnels under Israeli state with only one porpuse - to make a terrorist attack. They fill that shit up with bombs and stuff and then they blow it up which makes people get badly hurt, so this tunnels can not be taken care of from the air - so we are moving in by ground.

[DiFronzo]

That's what I came here to say.

Hamas can't talk peacefully.
Hamas can't communicate like humans.
Hamas only knows war, violence, power.
And I'm not the only one who says it, one man who've been in Hamas,
said the same.

[Khm]

Hamas can't talk peacefully.
Hamas can't communicate like humans.
Hamas only knows war, violence, power.
And I'm not the only one who says it, one man who've been in Hamas,
said the same.

That's not the civilians fault plus Israël took over on 1950s and Hanas founded on1980s

[Masry.]

Hamas can't talk peacefully.
Hamas can't communicate like humans.
Hamas only knows war, violence, power.
And I'm not the only one who says it, one man who've been in Hamas,
said the same.

What will you do if you found your family being killed by the Israelian army? You will just stay in your house and talk peacefully? Try not to talk in something you don't know.

[Osamad]

Thats not violence.. the hamas people build hundreds of tunnels under Israeli state with only one porpuse - to make a terrorist attack. They fill that shit up with bombs and stuff and then they blow it up which makes people get badly hurt, so this tunnels can not be taken care of from the air - so we are moving in by ground.

Hamas can't talk peacefully.
Hamas can't communicate like humans.
Hamas only knows war, violence, power.
And I'm not the only one who says it, one man who've been in Hamas,
said the same.

First Of all :
Do you Like war ?!?!? Why Do you Support the War ?

so we are moving in by ground.

Are you there ?
How can you Say that and you Are not an israelian Commander ...etc , How do you know that ? are you the President ? Never Believe what TV tells you
Anyway , How about you Check what Hamas Wants :
1- انسحاب الدبابات العسكرية "الإسرائيلية" عن الشريط الحدودي مع قطاع غزة لمسافة تسمح للمزارعين الفلسطينيين العمل بحرية في أراضيهم .
2- الإفراج عن كافة المعتقلين الذين اعتقلتهم "إسرائيل" بعد عملية خطف وقتل المستوطنين الثلاثة .
3- رفع الحصار عن غزة وفتح المعابر الحدودية التجارية ومعابر المواطنين، والسماح بدخول كافة مواد البناء والمواد المطلوبة لتشغيل محطة الكهرباء .
4- فتح ميناء ومطار دولي في قطاع غزة تحت إدارة ورقابة الأمم المتحدة .
5- زيادة المساحة المسموح بها للصيد في قطاع غزة، بحيث يصبح مسموحاً للصيادين الوصول إلى مسافة 10 كيلومترات .
6- تحويل معبر رفح لمعبر دولي تحت رقابة دولية ومن بعض الدول العربية الصديقة .
7- وقف إطلاق النار والتزام الفصائل الفلسطينية بذلك لمدة 10 سنوات على أساس وجود مراقبين دوليين على الحدود مع "إسرائيل" وفي نفس الوقت توقف تحليق الطائرات "الإسرائيلية" في سماء غزة .
8- السماح لسكان القطاع بالصلاة في الأقصى ومنحهم تصاريح لدخول القدس من قبل "إسرائيل" .
9- يمنع على "إسرائيل" التدخل في الشأن السياسي الداخلي والعملية السياسية التي بدأت في اتفاقية المصالحة وما سيتبعها من انتخابات للبرلمان والرئاسة .
10- إعادة إنشاء المناطق الصناعية في قطاع غزة وتعزيز التنمية
^^^ this is Exactly What hamas Wants
Translation is :
The withdrawal of tanks "Israeli" military from the border with the Gaza Strip to allow space for Palestinian farmers to work freely in their land.
2 - the release of all detainees who were detained by "Israel" after the kidnapping and killing three settlers.
3 - lift the siege on Gaza and the opening of border crossings and commercial crossings citizens, and allowing the entry of construction materials and all materials required for the operation of the power plant.
4 - open a port and an international airport in the Gaza Strip under the management and control of the United Nations.
5 - increase the area allowed for fishing in the Gaza Strip, so that it becomes permissible for fishermen access to a distance of 10 kilometers.
6 - Convert Rafah international crossing under international control and some friendly Arab states.
7 - ceasefire and the commitment of the Palestinian factions so for 10 years on the basis of the presence of international observers on the border with "Israel" At the same time stop the flight of the aircraft, "Israel" in the sky over Gaza.
8 - to allow Gaza residents to pray in Al-Aqsa and give them permits to enter Jerusalem by "Israel".
9 - to prevent "Israel" to interfere in the internal political affairs and the political process, which began in the reconciliation agreement and will be followed by elections for parliament and the presidency.
10 - Re-establishment of industrial zones in the Gaza Strip and the promotion of development
Can you see anything to Support war here !!!!!!!!!!!! ???!?!??!?!?
What they want is 1 thing : Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom

Both are Killing People , Both are using violence 
This Has to Be Stopped , not Increased 

[RizzE.]

From the holocaust to the holocausters

[Huntsman]

From the holocaust to the holocausters

Exactly my thoughts. Enough playing victims, Isreal, you're getting worse than freaking Hitler himself. The only difference is Hitler wasn't covered up by the United States..

[yaz000n]

First Of all :
Do you Like war ?!?!? Why Do you Support the War ? Are you there ?
How can you Say that and you Are not an israelian Commander ...etc , How do you know that ? are you the President ? Never Believe what TV tells you
Anyway , How about you Check what Hamas Wants :
1- انسحاب الدبابات العسكرية "الإسرائيلية" عن الشريط الحدودي مع قطاع غزة لمسافة تسمح للمزارعين الفلسطينيين العمل بحرية في أراضيهم .
2- الإفراج عن كافة المعتقلين الذين اعتقلتهم "إسرائيل" بعد عملية خطف وقتل المستوطنين الثلاثة .
3- رفع الحصار عن غزة وفتح المعابر الحدودية التجارية ومعابر المواطنين، والسماح بدخول كافة مواد البناء والمواد المطلوبة لتشغيل محطة الكهرباء .
4- فتح ميناء ومطار دولي في قطاع غزة تحت إدارة ورقابة الأمم المتحدة .
5- زيادة المساحة المسموح بها للصيد في قطاع غزة، بحيث يصبح مسموحاً للصيادين الوصول إلى مسافة 10 كيلومترات .
6- تحويل معبر رفح لمعبر دولي تحت رقابة دولية ومن بعض الدول العربية الصديقة .
7- وقف إطلاق النار والتزام الفصائل الفلسطينية بذلك لمدة 10 سنوات على أساس وجود مراقبين دوليين على الحدود مع "إسرائيل" وفي نفس الوقت توقف تحليق الطائرات "الإسرائيلية" في سماء غزة .
8- السماح لسكان القطاع بالصلاة في الأقصى ومنحهم تصاريح لدخول القدس من قبل "إسرائيل" .
9- يمنع على "إسرائيل" التدخل في الشأن السياسي الداخلي والعملية السياسية التي بدأت في اتفاقية المصالحة وما سيتبعها من انتخابات للبرلمان والرئاسة .
10- إعادة إنشاء المناطق الصناعية في قطاع غزة وتعزيز التنمية
^^^ this is Exactly What hamas Wants
Translation is :
The withdrawal of tanks "Israeli" military from the border with the Gaza Strip to allow space for Palestinian farmers to work freely in their land.
2 - the release of all detainees who were detained by "Israel" after the kidnapping and killing three settlers.
3 - lift the siege on Gaza and the opening of border crossings and commercial crossings citizens, and allowing the entry of construction materials and all materials required for the operation of the power plant.
4 - open a port and an international airport in the Gaza Strip under the management and control of the United Nations.
5 - increase the area allowed for fishing in the Gaza Strip, so that it becomes permissible for fishermen access to a distance of 10 kilometers.
6 - Convert Rafah international crossing under international control and some friendly Arab states.
7 - ceasefire and the commitment of the Palestinian factions so for 10 years on the basis of the presence of international observers on the border with "Israel" At the same time stop the flight of the aircraft, "Israel" in the sky over Gaza.
8 - to allow Gaza residents to pray in Al-Aqsa and give them permits to enter Jerusalem by "Israel".
9 - to prevent "Israel" to interfere in the internal political affairs and the political process, which began in the reconciliation agreement and will be followed by elections for parliament and the presidency.
10 - Re-establishment of industrial zones in the Gaza Strip and the promotion of development
Can you see anything to Support war here !!!!!!!!!!!! ???!?!??!?!?
What they want is 1 thing : Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom

Both are Killing People , Both are using violence 
This Has to Be Stopped , not Increased 

yeah thats the real thing <3 osamad <3 i am with you.