Israel moves troops toward Gaza after Palestinian rocket attacks

Palestinian militants barraged Israel with more than 200 rockets on Thursday, killing three people as Israel pressed a punishing campaign of airstrikes on militant targets across the Gaza Strip. Three rockets targeted the densely populated Tel Aviv area, setting off air raid sirens in brazen attacks that threatened to trigger an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza.

By IBRAHIM BARZAK and JOSEF FEDERMAN

November 15, 2012