| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The operation officially began the following day, and on 17 July, the operation was expanded to an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza with the stated aim of destroying Gaza's tunnel system;[56] Israeli ground forces withdrew on 5 August.[57] On 26 August, an open-ended ceasefire was announced.[43] By that date, the IDF reported that Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other militant groups had fired 4,564 rocke
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