Western capitals have privately urged Israel to delay a full-scale land invasion of Gaza as they seek to limit the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory and fear that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has no long-term plan to follow the destruction of Hamas.
Israel’s military said late on Saturday that it was increasing “operational readiness for the next stages of the war, with an emphasis on significant ground operations”.
It has been pounding Gaza with air strikes and artillery since last weekend’s attack by Hamas — which controls the coastal strip — killed more than 1,300 Israelis, mainly civilians, according to Israeli officials.
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