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Israeli Ground Troops Enter Gaza

An Israeli Arab girl with the Palestinian flag painted on her face joins thousands of Israeli Arabs protesting against Israel's military operation in Gaza in the northern Israeli town of Sakhnin, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. (Anja Niedringhaus / AP)

JERUSALEM - Israeli troops began moving into Gaza on Saturday night, Israel Defense Forces said.

"We have just a short while ago launched the second stage of the operation against Hamas infrastructure," IDF spokeswoman Maj. Avital Leibovich told CNN.

Earlier, the Israelis used ground artillery for the first time in the eight-day-old conflict when Israeli tanks fired shells into Gaza from the northern and eastern borders.

Troops had been massed along the border since the IDF began its bombardment of the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory December 27.

Posted in War/Empire, Israel/Palestine