Israel: Security Cabinet Approves Deployment Of 40,000 Troops to Gaza Border

The Israeli government has given the military authorisation to mobilise up to 40,000 additional troops to the Gaza border as Operation Protective Edge escalates. While the Israeli military has stated that the reservists will not be immediately called up, the troops are being readied in the event that the Israel Defence Forces' (IDF) offensive against Hamas needs to be expanded. The decision came just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to "take off the glov...