Night strikes in Gaza. Photo: video frame.
ABC News reports that the expansion of IDF maneuvers into the Gaza Strip is not the start of a ground operation.
“The expanded operations are not an officially expected ground invasion,” the channel quoted an IDF spokesman as saying. Peter Lerner, as he said…
He also added that the Israeli military is doing everything to avoid civilian casualties.
“But this is a war – a war started by Hamas ,” Lerner added.< /p>
Earlier it was reported that the most massive attacks ever had been carried out on the Gaza Strip and that Israeli armored vehicles had begun entering the enclave. The IDF noted that ground forces are expanding maneuvers in the Gaza Strip. Some media considered it the beginning of a ground operation.