Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was “preparing a ground invasion” of the Gaza Strip, in one of the clearest statements yet that his government is planning to enter the Palestinian enclave in its war to topple Hamas.
In an address to the nation on Wednesday evening the Israeli leader vowed to fight the militant group “above ground, underground, in Gaza and outside Gaza”, but gave no timeline for when any ground operation would occur.
“We are the sons of light and they are the sons of darkness,” said Netanyahu, who has compared Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, to the Islamic State terrorist group.
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