By NNN-KUNA,
Ramallah : Security and peace will prevail in the region with the beginning of ground operations in the Gaza Strip, said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday.
He affirmed during a press conference that the army has increased security with the borders with Lebanon, adding that the army would safeguard peace and security of Israeli citizens.
Barak indicated that the mini-cabinet meeting stressed that ground operations aim at destroying the infrastructure of Hamas.
Israel began the operations by sending tanks to the Bedouin village north of the Gaza Strip on the outskirts of the town of Beit Lahya.
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