Israel Calls-Up 60k Troops For Gaza Offensive; Qatar Urges Israel To Accept Deal

1) Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz approves the enlistment of an additional sixty-thousand troops – ahead of the IDF’s decisive operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. 2) Jerusalem has yet to formally respond to the latest Egyptian-Qatari proposal for ending the war in Gaza. 3) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses his Australian counterpart of betraying Israel and abandoning Australia’s Jewish community.