Israeli troops enter Gaza Strip
Found on BBC News on Saturday, 03 January 2009
Israeli ground troops have entered the Gaza Strip, Israeli military officials have confirmed, a week after the offensive against Hamas began.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed ground operations had begun and said the objective was "to destroy the Hamas terror infrastructure in the area of operations".
The militant group's exiled political leader, Khaled Meshaal, earlier warned Israel against a ground offensive, saying that a "black destiny" awaited Israeli forces if the entered Gaza.
"We will not break, we will not surrender or give in to your conditions," he said in a speech from the Syrian capital, Damascus.
It's pretty easy to issue bloody warnings and statements when you're exiled far away in safety. Either way, one side will go down, and I don't really care which side it is. It's not like one of them both is totally innocent. It's just surprising that the rest of the world is telling Israel to stop the attack; some years ago, there was another certain incident and nobody stopped the USA from blaming and invading Iraq. And just for the records: until today, there still isn't proof that Iraq was involved in the attacks.