Hamas fired its first barrage of rockets in months into Israeli territory yesterday as Israeli troops expanded ground operations across Gaza, including a raid on part of Rafah in southern Gaza, the military said, as well as actions near Beit Lahiya in the north.
After the collapse of a two-month cease-fire, the fighting now looks as if it is escalating back to full-scale war.
Despite street protests in Israel, the Israeli government around midnight yesterday approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ouster of the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency.

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