The Israeli army begins a ground offensive into the southern Gaza Strip to try to gain the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants.
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Israel sent troops into Gaza and its planes attacked three bridges and a power station tonight in an operation to rescue a soldier abducted by militants. Earlier, Palestinian political factions completed a draft agreement aimed at a national unity government. At right, Israeli soldiers preparing to cross into Gaza.
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AP - Israeli tanks and troops entered southern Gaza and planes attacked three bridges and knocked out electricity to the coastal strip early Wednesday, stepping up the pressure on Palestinian militants holding captive a 19-year-old Israeli soldier.
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Israeli troops and armored vehicles crossed into southern Gaza early Wednesday in what the Israeli military said was an attempt to rescue a soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants. Ahead of the incursion, Israeli warplanes targeted at least two bridges and a power station. Palestinians have been building sand mounds on border roads to try to slow a land attack.
Pakistan is moving 10,000 more troops into its northwestern frontier as part of a U.S.-led crackdown on militants there, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said Tuesday.