Haaretz: Israel deceived Hamas on ground offensive timing

"The Israel Defense Forces ground operation in the Gaza Strip began after the inner cabinet met in secret on Thursday night in Tel Aviv. In a deceptive maneuver intended to give the impression that no significant expansion of the military operation would happen in the next 24 hours, Israeli officials told reporters the security cabinet would only be meeting on Friday morning," wrote Barak Ravid in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.