Israel Defense Minister Says Army Will Expand Gaza Invasion

Israeli tanks move near the Israel and Gaza border Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israeli tanks and warplanes bombarded the Gaza Strip on Thursday, as Hamas militants stuck to their demand for the lifting of an Israeli and... Israeli tanks move near the Israel and Gaza border Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israeli tanks and warplanes bombarded the Gaza Strip on Thursday, as Hamas militants stuck to their demand for the lifting of an Israeli and Egyptian blockade in the face of U.S. efforts to reach a cease-fire.(AP Photo/Dusan Vranic) MORE LESS
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister says Israel may soon broaden its ground operation in the Gaza Strip significantly.

The statement by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon was published shortly after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Cairo late Friday that he has been unable to win agreement for a temporary weeklong cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

In a statement by Yaalon’s office, he is quoted as telling troops in the field that “you need to be ready for the possibility that very soon we will instruct the military to significantly broaden the ground operation in Gaza.”

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  1. Palestinian life means nothing to Bibi’s Israel.

  2. The Zionist Wehrmacht in action.

  3. Not good news.

    Israel has already taken a buffer zone that was 150 yards wide and incrementally expanded that kill zone to be 3 km wide. In perspective, there are places where this “buffer zone” is now more than half the width of Gaza.

    According to the latest UN report, the buffer zone now comprises 44% of Gaza’s pitifully small area.

    And now, with all these escalations, the war will be engulfing the West Bank. The fire is out of control.

  4. Israel Defense Minister Says Army Will Expand Gaza Invasion

    Might as well since there is little chance that Uncle Sugar will cut off any funding.

  5. The Zionist Wehrmacht in action

    I get it, it’s because they’re like Nazis, right?

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