Netanyahu: Prepare for an Extended Operation (Video)
JERUSALEM (Worthy News)– Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared his country for an “extended operation inside Gaza” Monday night as fighting continued as Operation Protective Shield entered its 22nd day.
A squad of Hamas terrorists emerged from a tunnel inside of Israel, fired an anti-tank missile at an army position and killed five Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers.
“We will not end the operation in Gaza without neutralizing the terror tunnels,” Netanyahu said at a press conference in Tel Aviv.
Earlier Monday night, a mortar attack killed four soldiers in the Eshkol region as the death toll among the Israel Defense forces reaches 53.
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