Israel approves increased murder of militants

Israel’s security cabinet today approved an army plan to intensify targeted killings of Palestinian militants, including leaders, and send more troops into the Gaza Strip for ground operations.

The military campaign, which will last several weeks, is intended as retaliation for a double suicide bombing that killed 10 Israelis in the port of Ashdod this week, the first deadly Palestinian attack on a strategic target in more than three years of fighting.