http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649729,00.html
“Gaza incursion: IDF targeting rocket launching sites”
SNIPPET: “Following heavy artillery bombardment, Israeli soldiers enter Gaza Saturday evening, operate near Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun to quell rocket fire; dozens of terrorists hurt, some killed. Defense Minister Barak: We won’t abandon our citizens, IDF’s job is to defend home front”
Hanan Greenberg
Latest Update: 01.04.09, 01:30 / Israel News
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “IDF invades Gaza: IDF ground troops entered the northern Gaza Strip Saturday evening, as the army launched its long anticipated ground operation.
Army officials confirmed that dozens of terrorists were hurt in clashes with IDF ground troops, some of them were killed. In several cases, armed terrorists approached Israeli forces and were shot at by ground troops and IDF gunships. There are no reports of Israeli casualties at this time.”
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052311.html
Last update - 02:40 04/01/2009
“Israel okays call-up of tens of thousands of IDF reservists”
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters
Tags: Gaza, Hamas, Israel News
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Israel’s government has approved the call-up of tens of thousands of reservist soldiers, it was annnounced Saturday, almost simultaneously with the launch of a Gaza ground incursion aimed at halting rocket fire on Israel’s southern communities.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s office said in a statement that, in accordance with a secret cabinet discussion Friday, the government ordered the armed forces “to draft the necessary reservists, on a scale of tens of thousands of troops.””