ISRAEL: Israeli ground forces carry out their morning routines, including prayers, among armoured vehicles as dawn breaks on Gaza's border

Record ID: 397596

  • Title: ISRAEL: Israeli ground forces carry out their morning routines, including prayers, among armoured vehicles as dawn breaks on Gaza's border
  • Date: 20th November 2012
  • Summary: ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER AREA, ISRAEL (NOVEMBER 20, 2012) (REUTERS) ARMY VEHICLE SOLDIERS CARRYING WALKING NEAR BORDER AREA WITH GAZA TANK TURNING BARREL SOLDIER PRAYING TANK DRIVING VIEW OF TANKS WITH SOLDIERS STANDING ON TOP MORE OF TANKS SOLDIER CLEANING TANK BARREL MORE OF TANKS AND SOLDIERS SOLDIER ON TOP OF TANK WITH MACHINE GUN SOLDIERS PRAYING APCS NEAR BORDER MORE OF
  • Embargoed: 5th December 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA4RNIZEYOJ319NBA6WRKKY9BZJ
  • Story Text: Israel continued to deploy ground forces along Gaza's border as hostilities between militants and Israel entered a seventh day on Tuesday (November 18).
    In scenes recalling Israel's 2008-2009 winter invasion of Gaza, tanks, artillery and infantry massed in field encampments along the sandy, fenced-off border and military convoys moved on roads in the area.
    Israel has authorised the call-up of 75,000 reservists, although there was no immediate sign when or whether they might be needed in a ground invasion.
    Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts were set to intensify to try to stop rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
    Israel's leaders weighed the benefits and risks of sending tanks and infantry into the densely populated coastal enclave two months before an Israeli election, and indicated they would prefer a diplomatic path backed by world powers, including U.S. President Barack Obama, the European Union and Russia.
    Any such solution may pass through Egypt, Gaza's other neighbour and the biggest Arab nation, where the ousting of U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak and election of President Mohamed Mursi is part of a dramatic reshaping of the Middle East, wrought by the Arab Spring and now affecting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
    At least three Israeli civilians and 108 Palestinians have been killed so far.
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