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Israel masses troops alongside Gaza Strip
13 May 2021 08:28 BST
Israel was preparing ground troops alongside the fence separating Gaza from Israel on Thursday as it continued to bomb the besieged enclave.
Israel has prepared combat troops along the Gaza border and was in "various stages of preparing ground operations," a military spokesman said, a move that would recall similar operations during Israel-Gaza hostilities in 2014 and 2008-2009.
"The Chief of Staff is inspecting those preparations and providing guidance... we have a division headquarters and three maneuver brigades down in Gaza preparing themselves for that situation and for various contingencies," Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said.