Monday, November 12, 2012

Israel launches air raids Gaza Strip amid hints of ground invasion

Israel warned the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Sunday that it would pay a "heavy price" for the latest barrage of rocket attacks into the Jewish state and that the conflict could escalate.

By lunchtime on Sunday, more than 70 rockets and mortars had landed in Israel from Gaza within 24 hours, leaving six Palestinians killed and eight Israelis injured.

At a cabinet meeting on Sunday morning, Mr Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said: "The world needs to understand that Israel will not sit idly by in the face of attempts to attack us. We are prepared to intensify the response."  read full article: The Telegraph


 

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