Israel launches ground incursion in Gaza Strip LIVE UPDATES
Edited time: July 18, 2014 03:04
A ground operation in the Gaza Strip has been launched by Tel Aviv following more than a week of Hamas shelling the country and the IDF responding with air strikes. Over 200 Palestinians and one Israeli have died in the violence.
Friday, July 18
Barely a day into the operation, Netanyahu is discussing plans for a significant widening of the ground offensive. Shortly before convening a meeting of cabinet ministers, he told reporters that "My instructions ... are to prepare for the possibility of significantly widening the ground operation, and the military is preparing accordingly," Reuters reported.
Those affected by the conflict in Gaza are receiving financial help from multiple sources abroad. The latest tranche comes from Denmark, which has donated $2 million toward alleviating civilian suffering there.
Reuters now reports 23 Palestinians dead since the start of the ground operation.
An Israeli military spokesman said in an interview to a radio station regarding the recent death of an Israeli soldier during the ground offensive on Gaza: "We are checking the circumstances" of soldier's death.
This was the first Israeli casualty since the start of the operation.
According to Quentin Sommerville of the BBC, the number of dead since the start of the ground offensive, together with the number killed already in the preceding phase, puts the death toll at more than 250 people, with around 1980 wounded, as the conflict enters its 11th day.
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