Israel launching ‘small scale graded incursions’ to avoid angering Iran and Hezbollah

“We may have all been slightly conned. What it is, is a calculated and piece by piece invasion of Gaza for sure, rather than sending a blitzkrieg of tanks all the way down the border to try and take every town simultaneously.”

The Times’ Middle East correspondent says it would been “very suicidal and perhaps foolish” for Israel to launch a “full-style ground invasion”.

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