Israel set for major incursion into Gaza

Israeli threatened on Thursday to launch a "serious military operation" into the Gaza Strip if the handmade projectiles fired by Palestinian resistance brigades cause Israeli casualties in the towns bordering the coastal region.

The Israeli daily newspaper Maariv reported that the chances of a major Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip have increased now the Annapolis conference is over.

Zionist regime's tanks and thousands of troops are not expected to enter Gaza Strip within the next few days, but if Palestinians launch projectiles that cause Israeli casualties, "the Israeli response will come swiftly in the form of a serious military operation for the first time since the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip," according to the newspaper.

Zionist regime's army has completed the required planning for the incursion, the newspaper added.