Israeli ground troops enter Gaza after 10 days of bombings and airstrikes as Hamas threatens to make IDF pay a 'high price'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the ground offensive in a bid to halt rockets being fired at Israel The ground operation will include infantry, artillery and armored corps, along with aerial and naval support Hamas: Israel will pay a heavy price for its ground operation
Israel and Palestine have been fighting an intense cross border war for the past 10 days as other nations fail to help them come to a truce
240 people have been killed in Gaza - including seven children on Thursday - and 1,800 have been injured; one person has died in Israel Israel had called up 48,000 reserve soldiers Later on Thursday the Cabinet authorized the military to call up 18,000 more
