PM Netanyahu and DM Yaalon Order the IDF to Commence Ground Action
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, this =

evening (Thursday, 17 July 2014), instructed the IDF to commence ground =

action to strike at the terrorist tunnels from the Gaza Strip into Israeli =

territory. Hamas terrorists used such a tunnel to infiltrate into Israel =

this morning in order to perpetrate a large-scale attack against Israeli =

citizens. The IDF successfully thwarted this terrorist action.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yaalon also instructed the ID=
F =

to be prepared for an expansion of the ground action. The directive for =

ground action was approved by the Security Cabinet after Israel agreed to =

the Egyptian ceasefire proposal, whereas Hamas rejected it and continued =

firing rockets at Israeli cities

Hamas also did not honor the humanitarian ceasefire initiated by the UN and =

continued firing at Israeli cities during the lull. In light of Hamas' =

criminal and relentless aggression, as well as the dangerous attempt to =

infiltrate Israeli territory, Israel must act to defend its citizens.

Operation Protective Edge will continue until it reaches its goal =96 =

restoring quiet to Israel's citizens for a prolonged period, while =

inflicting a significant blow to the infrastructures of Hamas and the other =

terrorist organizations. =

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