Vilnai: Israel nearing wide-scale Gaza op

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3630435,00.html

Following mortar attack on IDF base which left eight soldiers injured, deputy defense minister says 'their provocations don't leave us with much choice'. Likud MK Erdan suggests moving Palestinian prisoners to unfortified detention facility in Gaza vicinity

Israel is nearing a wide-scale operation in the Gaza Strip, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said Saturday, several hours after eight Israel Defense Forces soldiers were injured in a mortar shell attack on the Nahal Oz base in southern Israel.

"There's no doubt we're getting closer to a wide-scale operation in Gaza, but it will be different from what took place in the past," Vilnai said during an event in the southern city of Beersheba.

Soldier loses leg in mortar attack / Ilana Curiel

Doctors manage to save one of legs of Sergeant Noam Nakash, who was seriously wounded by mortar shells fired at Nahal Oz military base. 'He always informed me about mortars landing in the area but told me I had nothing to worry about,' his mother tells Ynet
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1. and some journalists are wondering why they aren't allowed in?

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