BREAK NEWS: Israel launches military operation in Gaza
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LIVE BLOG: Israel launches military operation in Gaza
Israel launched a military operation in Gaza on Wednesday, killing Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari in an airstrike. Following four days of escalation on the Israel-Gaza border, Israel renewed its policy of targeted assassinations and killed the head of Hamas' military wing. Jabari, 52, was the man behind the abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006.
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LIVE BLOG:
18:39: IDF issues draft orders for Israeli Homefront Command reserve soldiers (Haaretz
6:35 P.M. Gilad Shalit's father, Noam: Jabari has a lot of blood on his hands and has acted in recent years against citizen populations (Haaretz)
6:30 P.M. IDF strikes Rafah again, says strike killed two terrorists riding on motorcycles (Gili Cohen)
6:21 P.M. IDF Spokesman: Days ahead will not be easy, rocket fire on south likely (Gili Cohen)
6:17 P.M. Home Front Command advises Ashkelon city council not to hold school classes on Thursday. Schools in Ashdod and Ben Gurion University announce classes will not take place Thursday.
6:14 P.M. Total of six dead in Gaza from Israeli airstrikes, including Jabari and his assistant Mohammed Hams, who worked in Khaled Meshal's bureau as chief of propaganda. Of the four others, some are citizens, including a girl (Avi Issacharoff)
6:09 P.M. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls on president Mohammed Morsi to reassess relationship with Israel (Avi Issacharoff)
6:03 P.M. Hamas spokesman says Israel will pay a heavy price for its actions (Avi Issacharoff)
5:48 P.M. IDF Spokesman: In a wide-scale attack, the IDF struck the long-range missile capabilities (capable of reaching more than 40 kilometers) of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, severely damaging the underground launch sites and the ammunition warehouses in the Gaza Strip. The targets were pinpointed by Israeli military intelligence information. The Gaza Strip has become a front base for Iran. The IDF will continue to attack targets that are used for carrying out terror attacks against the State of Israel. (Haaretz)
5:39 P.M. IDF source: Some of rockets struck in ammunition warehouse were hidden in Gaza residential building (Haaretz)
5:36 P.M. IDF Spokesman: Israeli military ready for ground operation in Gaza, should there be need for an incursion (Barak Ravid)
5:26 P.M. Palestinians say Hamas military wing chief in Rafah, Raed al-Atar, killed in IDF strike (Haaretz)
5:22 P.M. IAF strikes ammunition warehouse stocking Iranian-made Fajr missiles, in Gaza (Amos Harel)
5:17 P.M. Jabari assassination was part of operation in which IDF hit 20 targets across Gaza Strip (Avi Issacharoff)
5:16 P.M. Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz: I congratulate the prime minister on renewing the policy of targeted assassinations; all those in the chain of command of terror organizations need to live in a constant pursuit (Jonathan Lis)
5:15 P.M. Israel's Cabinet convenes urgent meeting in light of Operation Pillar of Cloud (Barak Ravid)
5:13 P.M. Labor Chairwoman Shelly Yacimovich: Israel is united in its war against terrorism (Jonathan Lis)
4:47 P.M. Jabari becomes most senior Hamas official to be killed since Operation Cast Lead (AP)
4:20 P.M. Israel confirms it killed Hamas military chief, citing his 'decade-long terrorist activity' (Reuters)
4:19 P.M. Hamas source says Jabari killed in Israeli airstrike (Reuters)
4:06 P.M. Top Hamas commander Ahmed Jabari in car hit by Israeli airstrike (Haaretz)
