Israel foiled an attack on a large scale planned for the Jewish New Year (Exclusive i24news) {http://bit.ly/1mMIsiN}
200 terrorists had to go through each of the tunnels to kill as many Israelis as possible (Excluded i24news)
Hamas had planned several simultaneous large scale during the period of the Jewish New Year set to begin Sept. 24 attacks, a security source told Friday i24news.
According to this source based on the information gathered by the intelligence services who interviewed Palestinian terrorists captured in recent days in Gaza, Hamas had planned to infiltrate Israel about 200 of its fighters in each of the tunnels leading from the band Gaza into Israeli territory during the holidays of Rosh Hashana, the new year in the Jewish calendar.
The goal was to kill as civilian and military Israeli and also kidnap many to bring them into the Gaza Strip through the tunnels.
The 8th day of the ground invasion, Israel has discovered 32 tunnels leading from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
This information would have been, according to the security source i24news, discussed at the last meeting of the security cabinet.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reportedly said that this attack would have caused more losses than those suffered by Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 in which 2,222 Israelis have died.
Naftali Bennett, the Minister of Economy and party leader of the national-religious right have said that Israel had managed to eradicate the evil plan Hamas.
The Israeli army also authorized the publication of information on the death of Sergeant reserve Yair Ashkenazy killed overnight in the fighting in Gaza. Military, 36 years old, lived in Rehovot (south of Tel Aviv) and father of 3 children.
In addition, the eighth day of the Israeli ground incursion in Gaza, several missiles were fired at the Tel Aviv region.
Three shots were claimed by Hamas, which said target Ben Gurion Airport.
Moreover, the death toll on the Palestinian side has now crossed the 800 Friday, including 400 to 500 terrorists, according to estimates by Israeli officials and 1,200 injured according to UNICEF.
Israeli side, thirty-two soldiers and three civilians were killed and a soldier has been missing since Sunday.
Thursday, a shell hit a UN school located in Beit Hanoun (northern Gaza Strip) after rockets were fired from the area.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon deplored "many dead", including women, children and staff of the Organization, while Washington said he was "saddened" and called to protect civilians .
Asked by i24news Thursday, spokesman Chris Gunness of UNRWA stated that "there is no confirmation as UN employees were among the victims," adding that the Israeli army is not charged have bombed schools and a UN investigation is underway.
UNRWA has subsequently confirmed that no employee was among the victims.
The Israeli army has promised his side to investigate, saying he responded to rocket attacks by Hamas sent from Beit Hanoun.
According to a statement by the Israeli army, the area around the school was transformed into a battlefield in recent days. The people were invited by the IDF to evacuate but Hamas prevented civilians from leaving the premises and used the international symbol of the UN as a human shield, the statement said.
Also, 32 terrorist tunnels were discovered by the Israeli army destroyed and 11 since the beginning of the ground incursion. Thursday morning, the IDF hit 90 terrorist sites ramps rocket launch and monitoring stations Hamas.