The IDF received authorization on Thursday to mobilize an additional 16,000 reserve soldiers to continue the operation in the Gaza Strip as rockets continued to be fired at Israeli communities as the terrorist organizations in Gaza ignored a unilateral Israeli cease-fire which last for four hours Wednesday evening. The Security Cabinet has instructed the IDF to continue its efforts to destroy attack tunnels and rocket launching facilities in the Strip. Israeli diplomats also travelled to Cairo on Wednesday for talks with Egyptian and Palestinian officials to try to work out a more permanent cease-fire. Three Israeli soldiers were killed on Wednesday when the booby trapped tunnel they were inspecting near a UN facility exploded. 27 other IDF soldiers were also wounded on Wednesday.Read More
