Israeli official calls for Gaza ground assault; 4 boys die in attack

July 17, 2014 00:30

Irael's hard-line foreign minister on Wednesday pressed for expanding the nation's offensive in the Gaza Strip to include a ground operation in hopes of ending rocket fire from the coastal enclave into Israel.

Israeli officials also disclosed that they are acquiring three more Iron Dome missile defense batteries to bolster the ability to shoot down rockets fired from Gaza and other Palestinian strongholds.

As airstrikes and rocket exchanges raged for a ninth day between Israeli forces and Gaza militants, four Palestinian boys '" cousins ages 9 to 11'" were killed by a shell that landed on the beach where they were playing near Gaza City, a Gaza Health Ministry spokesman reported.

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