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5/14/21
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Thursday said it was massing troops along the Gaza frontier and calling up 9,000 reservists ahead of a possible ground invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory, as the two bitter enemies plunged closer to all-out war.
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In 2014 I was commander of the Tank Operation in and around Gaza , the tanks go in first followed by the infantry , it is very unlikely the IDF will want to get in too deep in to Gaza , getting in will be difficult getting themselves out would take a very long time and be expensve in Israeli casualties .
Historically the tanks have always had the highest casualties
BM
5/14/21
It is unlikely for the moment that Israel will accept any truce until they have really hurt Hamas and we are doing that now
BM
5/15/21
There is always tension in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, but recently they have intensified and this week, they erupted. We look at the region's history, what's happening now and what all sides are saying.
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Rocket fire from Gaza and Israel's bombardment of the blockaded Palestinian territory continues into early Saturday, as an air strike is carried out on a three-story house on the edge of a refugee camp.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Turmoil from the battle between Israel and Hamas spilled over into the West Bank on Friday, sparking the most widespread Palestinian protests in years as hundreds of young demonstrators in multiple towns clashed with Israeli troops, who shot and killed at least 11 people.
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OK, this is what happened at the mosque.
Israeli riot police stormed the mosque and fired rubber bullets and stun grenades in response to Palestinians THROWING ROCKS.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli police in the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing Jerusalem to the brink of eruption.
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5/16/21
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, killing a family of 10 in a refugee camp - most of them children - and pulverizing a high-rise that housed The Associated Press and other media.
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