At about 9 pm on Thursday night, the IDF began assembling ground forces along the border with the Gaza Strip. Some armored and infantry battalions joined the artillery batteries that had been deployed days earlier to pound Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets. What did happen was in the air where 160 aircraft had assembled for a massive bombing run over the Gaza Strip. These were the anti-tank missile teams and mortar squads meant to strike at incoming Israeli ground forces. Within minutes, the “Metro” attack went aheadHow many Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed in the operation?
