On Saturday morning 27 December 2008, Israel launched a massive military offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, lasting three-weeks killing almost 1,400 Palestinians and wounding thousands more.
The Strip had been placed under an Israeli-led siege a year earlier, subjecting the 360 square-kilometre-enclave to a land, air and sea blockade. Codenamed 'Operation Cast Lead', this offensive began at 11am on a Saturday morning, with Israeli Air Force jets firing on targets across the territory.
Ynet reported at the time that “80 jets, warplanes and helicopters dropped over 100 bombs on dozens of targets [during] the initial strike.” Among the targets were the small fishing port and the main police compound in Gaza City.
On the eighth day of the war Israel launched a ground invasion of Gaza. Israeli infantry entered the enclave from the north, supported by artillery fire and fighter jets. The Palestinians in Gaza have no artillery or other heavy weapons, no tanks, no air force and no navy. They faced the full might of one of the world’s strongest and best equipped armed forces.
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181227-remem...ls-2008-war-on-gaza/
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