The Israeli military has said it will start expanding ground operations in Gaza - as 'intense bombings' have already cut phone services and internet. Our correspondent on the ground has spotted warplanes going over an Israeli city into Gaza and reports 'loud explosions'.
By Alistair Bunkall, Middle East correspondent In the hours and days after the 7 October attacks on Israel, the sense coming from the Israeli military and government was of an imminent ground invasion to avenge the massacre of their people.Whether the decision-makers have taken a collective pause for breath, or whether international pressure has forced them to slow down, the much-promised ground invasion hasn't yet happened.
Each time they go into the Gaza Strip, they destroy infrastructure, map out routes, assess the environment and gather vital intelligence.Bit-by-bit, the IDF is pushing into Gaza – don't be surprised if there is no 'big moment' of invasion rather a gradual and deliberate rise in tempo of operations.The slower build up to a larger ground invasion will not just have taken the wider watching world by surprise, but Hamas too.
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