Video: Israel air strikes on Gaza: the view from above and below At least a dozen trucks carrying tanks and armoured vehicles were seen moving toward the border area, while buses ferried soldiers, as Israeli forces moved closer to a ground war against Hamas. Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, also approved the call-up of 30,000 reservists as the confrontation intensified. The two rockets fell just short of Tel Aviv, the furthest they have ever reached inside Israel. It was the first attempted attack on Tel Aviv since the Gulf War in 1991.