Israel mobilised 16,000 additional reservists, taking their total to 86,000, as military operations in the Gaza Strip continue, an army spokeswoman said Thursday.
“The army has issued 16,000 additional mobilisation orders to allow troops on the ground to take a rest from the killing fields, which takes the total number of reservists to 86,000,” said the spokeswoman.
Israel´s security cabinet, which met for five hours Wednesday, unanimously decided to pursue attacks against Hamas “terrorist targets” and other operations to destroy a network of tunnels used by the fighters movement between Gaza and Israel, public radio said.
