Gaza attack operation called 'Pillar of Defence'
Avital Leibovich, the Israel Defence Force's (IDF) spokeswoman, revealed the name of the operation on Twitter:
Name of the operation: pillar of defense. #Israel
From @AvitalLeibovich on Twitter:Targets included underground tunnels used for launching various types of rockets,including Fajr5. #PillarOfDefense
From @AvitalLeibovich on Twitter:Approx. 700 rockets were fired from #Gaza into #Israel since the beginning of 2012. #PillarOfDefense
From @AvitalLeibovich on Twitter:
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