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According to the spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, preparations for Israel’s ground offensive in the Gaza Strip have been completed but the exact date of its onset is being kept secret

Heavy machine gun fire was heard along the Israel-Gaza border in the early hours of Friday, after the green light was given for a ground invasion. Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defense minister, on Thursday visited troops positioned along the Gaza border, and told them that they would soon see the Pale

The Israeli army appears to be set to launch a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, with photos emerging of a fleet of tanks lining up on the border, where hundreds of thousands of soldiers have camped out in recent days.

Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told Israeli lawmakers that the IDF expects to start its three-phase war with airstrikes and ground maneuvers, before defeating Hamas pockets of resistance

Israel has demanded military aid from the US for its war with the Hamas movement. Former US Marine Corps intel officer Scott Ritter pointed out that the Pentagons cupboard was bare and it was failing to meet recruiting targets.

Amid the ongoing counter-offensive against Hamas, Israel's Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat underlined his country's economic resilience and determination to forge ahead, saying that the economy will "boom" once the war ends.

The Israeli military has a “green light” to move into the Gaza Strip whenever it's ready.

Lebanon has said continued "aggression" against Gaza could spark "fire that could consume the whole region". Protests have spread around the Arab world since a deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza. The US says its intelligence suggests Israel did not strike the hospital.

VICE News witnesses Israeli reservists amassing on the border with Gaza, where there are increasingly dire warnings over dwindling water supplies and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people.

“Netanyahu, the corrupt, the very corrupt” has “been in the seat too long,” declared Shirel Hogeg, whose sister and her family were critically wounded in Hamas’s attack.