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Israel’s military preparing “unrelenting attacks” to dismantle Hamas.
Israeli chief of staff Lt Gen Herzi Halevi issued a statement late on Monday suggesting that Israel had no intention of curbing its strikes on the densely populated Gaza Strip and hinting that it was well prepared for a ground assault.
“We want to bring Hamas to a state of full dismantling,” Halevi said. “The path is a path of unrelenting attacks, damaging Hamas everywhere and in every way.’
“We are well prepared for the ground operations in the south,” he added, referring to southern Israel, which borders Gaza. “Troops who have more time are better prepared, and that is what we are doing now.”
