Roughly 900 troops have deployed or are getting ready to leave for the Middle East as part of the U.S. surge to bolster air defense support for U.S. forces who have come under attack in the region amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. Photo: Kevin Wolf/AP
Israeli defense minister says fuel blockade of Gaza is needed to undermine Hamas’s defenses ahead of a widely-anticipated assaultThe Israeli army said Friday that it was expanding its ground operations in the Gaza Strip amid intensifying airstrikes as the military prepares to send large numbers of tanks in to try to end 16 years of Hamas rule.
Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief Israel Defense Forces spokesman, again urged Palestinians to leave the northern Gaza Strip amid growing signs that the military was poised to launch an expansive ground operation. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com.
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