Israeli commandos make first ground incursion in Gaza – report | Inquirer News

Israeli commandos make first ground incursion in Gaza – report

/ 01:04 PM July 13, 2014

Gaza Tension

A smoke trail, right, of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian militants towards Israel, rises next to smoke after it crashed shortly after, as seen from the Israel-Gaza border, Saturday, July 12, 2014. AP

JERUSALEM – Israeli navy commandos launched a ground operation overnight in the north of the Gaza Strip, the first since the offensive against Hamas began, Israeli public radio said early Sunday.

The brief incursion targeted a rocket launcher site, it said. The armed branch of Hamas confirmed that Israeli commandos had exchanged gunfire with some Palestinian fighters.

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A military spokesman later said four Israeli soldiers had been lightly wounded during the operation.

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