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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Erdan says cabinet unanimously approved ground op
Minister Gilad Erdan says the decision to launch the ground offensive was approved in principle “several days ago” by unanimous vote of the security cabinet. He says the Hamas tunnels dug under the Israeli border are “a strategic threat” that Israel could not abide.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to US Secretary of State John Kerry on the phone, but no details of the conversation have been released.
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