Introduction to the evening news 19-11-2012

"Israel is ready for a land war, but it prefers a diplomatic solution," this announcement was made by an official close to PM Benjamin Netanyahu today.

For his part, the exiled head of the Hamas political bureau, Khaled Meshaal said from Cairo that the Hamas Movement does not want to escalate the situation or to draw Israel to a land incursion, but added that Israel must take the first step if the situation were to reach a calm.

As the number of Israeli strikes on the Gaza strip increase, the death toll climbs to 100 with 800 others injured.

Meanwhile, an Arab ministerial delegation is expected to reach the Gaza strip on Tuesday alongside the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu.

Gaza's repercussions reached Lebanon today; 2 missiles ready to be launched towards Israel were found in the Lebanese border town of Helta on the outskirts of the Chebaa farms, but the Lebanese army dismantled them in time.

This incident is the first of its kind since last year when 4 rockets were fired from the South towards Israel.

All these developments and more in our detailed news bulletin.


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