Israel Launches Ground Invasion Of Gaza

A Palestinian man looks at a destroyed Hamas security compound after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. Israel resisted mounting international pressure Wednesday to suspend its devastating ... A Palestinian man looks at a destroyed Hamas security compound after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. Israel resisted mounting international pressure Wednesday to suspend its devastating air offensive against militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza, sending more troops and tanks to the border as signs of an impending ground invasion multiplied. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) MORE LESS
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it has launched a ground offensive in Gaza.

The army said in a statement late Thursday that after 10 days of Hamas attacks, it has “initiated a ground operation within the Gaza Strip.”

The army says the objective is to strike a “significant blow to Hamas’ terror infrastructure.”

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  1. They are just monsters! Will mow down anybody and everything! They have no problem targeting children. The Israelis just want to wipe out the Palestinians - doesn’t the sound so very familiar?

  2. Well, what other crap can happen today?

  3. Air strikes can only do so much. To make certain that not one stone remains on a stone requires boots on the ground.

  4. Good. Hope they go house to house and find every one of the cowering murdering Hamas leaders hiding in their bunkers while the people they were supposed to be protecting died as human shields. The ones who didn’t wuss out and flee the country at least.
    I hope they take complete control, weed out Hamas and hand over Gaza to Egypt or Jordan or anyone who actually cares about the safety of the Palestinian people.

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