Israelis launch Gaza ground operation
Israel launched its first ground military operation inside the Gaza Strip since it pulled out of the region nearly a year ago, killing three members of a Palestinian rocket squad and a policeman in a fierce battle, the Israeli army said. The gunfight between Israeli commandos and Islamic Jihad militants took place nearly two miles inside northern Gaza, from where militants have fired hundreds of homemade rockets at Israeli border communities in more than five years of fighting. Full Story