The Israeli military is getting ready for the next phase of its campaign against the Gaza Strip but plans may not conform to widespread expectations of an imminent ground offensive, the IDF’s International spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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“We are preparing for the next stages of war. We haven’t said what they will be. Everybody’s talking about the ground offensive. It might be something different,” Lt.-Col. Richard Hecht told a regular briefing with reporters.
[There’s more in the linked article about what the ground offensive will entail, especially from David Petraeus, which is worth reading. I may write more about that later, depending on what happens in the next couple of hours. — Ed]
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