Israel says the vast network of Hamas tunnels will make a ground offensive long and difficult
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Israel’s defense minister said Friday the ground invasion would include large forces, backed by airstrikes, and “will take a long time,” without elaborating. He said it would be followed by a third phase of lower-intensity fighting.
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Israel’s defense minister said Friday the ground invasion would include large forces, backed by airstrikes, and “will take a long time,” without elaborating. He said it would be followed by a third phase of lower-intensity fighting.
Israeli forces conducted another ground raid in Gaza in advance of an expected invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory that the country's defense minister said would come soon. U.S. warplanes, meanwhile, struck targets in eastern Syria after attacks on U.S.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel expects to launch a long and difficult ground offensive into Gaza soon to destroy Hamas, the country’s defense minister said Friday, describing a campaign that will require destroying a vast network of tunnels used by the territory’s militant rulers.
