Israel began to mobilize tens of thousands of troops and extend its aerial and artillery attacks on the Gaza Strip for the third consecutive day today (November 16, 2012), while Palestinian militants mounted their deepest-ever missile strikes into the heart of Israel, in what may well be the prelude of a new Middle East War, according to the Wall Street Journal website.
The exchanges -- which have killed 19 Palestinians and three Israelis -- broadened a conflict that had erupted into the open on November 14. At that time, Israel responded to escalating missile strikes from Gaza militants by launching a blitz of airstrikes that killed the top military commander of Hamas -- the Islamist militant group and political movement that runs Gaza.
Israel's leaders have said they will launch a ground assault on Gaza if the rocket fire continues.
"The situation has all the elements and dynamics that could lead us down the road we haven't been before," said Steve Cook, a Mideast specialist at the Council on Foreign Relations. He added, "It's a very dangerous situation."
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