Israel’s security cabinet yesterday approved the Israel Defense Force’s plans for a major operation into Gaza City. The cabinet decision comes after the mobilisation of 60,000 IDF reservists over the past week. Israeli forces are already operating on the outskirts of the city. Should the operation commence, it appears set to bring five Israeli divisions into areas of Gaza as yet untouched in the course of nearly two years of war.

At a certain point a decision must be made. Hamas must be either conceded to or destroyed

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described Gaza City as containing Hamas’s ‘last strongholds.’ In a statement made before yesterday’s cabinet meeting, Netanyahu described the war as at its ‘decisive stage.’ He also, however, appeared to hint that he has not abandoned t

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