DHAKA: Israel’s air force will continue to pound targets in the Gaza Strip over the course of at least the next 24 hours.

The IDF Spokesperson said on Saturday, reports The Jerusalem Post.

Brig.-Gen. Moti Almoz told Israel Radio on Saturday that there were still ‘many’ targets in the Gaza Strip remaining. While air force sorties will continue, the army high command is simultaneously preparing for a ground incursion.

Almoz told Israel Radio that Hamas is ‘growing increasingly frustrated over its inability to exact casualties among Israeli civilians’.

He said that the army was diligently working to avoid civilian casualties among the Palestinian population in Gaza.

BDST: 1702 HRS, JUL 12, 2014