Sunday, November 18, 2012

Apocalypse Now: Israel bombards Gaza for fifth straight day with nearly 1,000 airstrikes paving the way for imminent invasion




Israel has put 75,000 reservists on standby amid speculation of an impending ground invasion


Israeli warplanes have struck Gaza militants for a fifth straight day as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw 'some indications' of a truce ahead.

Forty-seven Palestinians, about half of them civilians, including 12 children, have been killed in Israel's raids, Palestinian officials said. More than 500 rockets fired from Gaza have hit Israel, killing three people and injuring dozens.

Israel unleashed its massive air campaign on Wednesday, killing a leading militant of the Hamas Islamist group that controls Gaza and rejects Israel's existence, with the declared goal of deterring gunmen in the coastal enclave from launching rockets that have plagued its southern communities for years. 

MORE:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234343/Apocalypse-Now-Israel-bombards-Gaza-fifth-straight-day-nearly-1-000-airstrikes-paving-way-imminent-invasion.html



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