IDF tanks take up positions, preparing for a ground assault on Hamas
Israel Hints at Ground Operation as Gaza Rockets Hit Cities -Gwen Ackerman & Saud Abu Ramadan
Israel hinted it was ready to broaden its assault on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip with a ground operation after three days of air raids failed to bring an end to cross-border rocket attacks.
[M]ore than 70 rockets fell in Israel, hitting the port city of Ashdod for the first time. Two people were killed in the rocket attacks.
The Cabinet cleared the way for the army to draft as many as 7,000 reserves and the military yesterday declared a swath of Israel just north of Gaza a closed military zone, where movement and traffic was restricted.
[Bloomberg]
Israeli army continuing preparations for ground incursion -Xu Gang
Asked whether Israel would follow up air strikes with a ground offensive, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak Barak said that "if boots on the ground will be needed, they will be there."
[Xinhua News Agency-China]
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