While the mainstream media busily speculates on just which Russians (because they are sure it's not the Ukrainians) shot the jet out of the sky, Al Jazeera, via Bloomberg, reports that Israel has decided not to let a crisis go to waste and invade Gaza:

ISRAEL GROUND INVASION OF GAZA HAS STARTED: AL JAZEERA

ISRAELI ARMY DECLINES TO COMMENT ON REPORT OF GROUND INVASION

The operation is reportedly on a wide scale.

HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE, EXPLOSIONS, HEARD THROUGHOUT GAZA

As Blomberg reports,

Operation includes forces on ground, air, sea, Al Jazeera says, citing its own reporter. Operation is on a wide scale: Al Jazeera Israel Army declines to comment on the report when called by Bloomberg News

All of this was confirmed moments ago by none other than the Israel PM: