Nearly a week after Hamas launched a shock attack on Israel, Gaza residents are braced for a ground offensive with Israel mobilising reservists and moving military equipment to the border with Gaza. But a potential ground offensive in the besieged enclave, one of the planet's most densely populated territories, could come at a very high cost.
Barely two days after Israel witnessed the boldest and most sophisticated attack by a Palestinian militant group on its soil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a promise to the Israeli people. “What Hamas is going to experience will be difficult and terrible... we are going to change the Middle East,” he said.
