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Article posted: 11/15/2012 9:47 PM

Israel moves troops toward Gaza

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The Iron Dome defense system fires to interecpt incoming missiles from Gaza in the port town of Ashdod on Thursday. Israelís prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the army is prepared for a "significant widening" of its operation in the Gaza Strip.

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Palestinian militants targeted densely populated Tel Aviv in Israel's heartland with rockets for the first time Thursday, part of an unprecedented barrage that threatened to provoke an Israeli ground assault on Gaza. Three Israelis were killed in a separate rocket attack in southern Israel.