The day started with a cease-fire, and ended with a ground invasion. Israeli troops moved across the border into the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday night, the first large-scale ground offensive since a 2008-2009 war that killed more than 1,400 people and caused widespread destruction. The invasion, announced at around 10:30 p.m. local time, followed hours of heavy shelling aimed at clearing improvised explosive devices from the border.
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Southern Israel frustrated under rocket fire
The Israeli cabinet is under mounting pressure to launch a ground invasion of Gaza, and much of it comes from towns like Sderot, where residents say they want an end to the bi-annual salvos of rocket fire from Gaza.
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Down in the south there is a feeling of déjà vu: Israeli jets have dropped thousands of tons of bombs on Gaza, hundreds of rockets have been launched into Israel and troops are amassing along the border ahead of a possible ground invasion.
Read MoreSiege mentality
As the sun sets on Shuafat and residents prepare to break the Ramadan fast, the Palestinian neighborhood goes dark and quiet. A once-busy main road is almost empty, littered with rocks and glass; streetlights and traffic signals are broken; and local men anxiously watch a contingent of black-clad border policemen.
Read MoreHigh Court challenge to Israel's control of Area C
There are about 1,100 people in this hardscrabble farming village in the south Hebron hills, all of whom, according to the Israeli authorities, have to live in less than eighty homes.
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