Israeli tanks rolled into
northern Gaza on Thursday night and naval gunboats pounded targets in the south
as Israel began a ground invasion of Gaza. Israel said its actions were taken
after Hamas militants continued showering Israeli cities with rockets. Hamas
said the rocket attacks were in retaliation of Israeli bombardment of Gaza,
which has left more than 230 Gazans dead, including many women and children.
Israel said the incursion
was a limited one focused on tunnels into Israeli territory, and was not
intended to topple the Hamas government in Gaza.
Photo credit: Israli tank
in Gaza, 17 July 2014. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters/NYTimes)
