Gaza ground op comes after all other options exhausted

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Thursday some 13 Hamas terrorists were caught attempting to enter Israel through a tunnel, and according to Israel, the need to neutralize the subterranean threat was part of the reasons behind the launch the ground operation, some 10-days after Israel began Operation Protective Edge in Gaza. Until Thursday, the majority of the operation focused on targeting rocket launchers via airforce attacks.

Netanyahu said that Israel decided to embark the mission only after Hamas rejected ceasefire proposals: “The operation came after Israel agreed to the Egyptian and UN proposed ceasefires. In both cases Hamas continued to shoot…

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