Israel’s Expansion Of Ground Operations In Gaza Stirs Cable News As Possible Prelude To Ground Invasion

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A surge of Israeli airstrikes over Gaza this morning and announcements of further military action has cable news anticipating a ground invasion of the Hamas-run jurisdiction could finally be starting. “Clearly something is happening tonight,” Fox News’ Trey Yingst said live at just before 10 pm local time from the Gaza border. “We don’t want to speculate, or call this it for what it could be, because we need to wait and we need to be patient here, but this is unlike any other night we have covered, we’ve been out here the past 21 days,” the correspondent added under self-described “heavy fire” as tanks moved behind him and and weapons fire exploded. “We do not have confirmation on exactly what’s happening on the ground,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper told viewers Friday live from Israel as the night lite up behind him also. “We simply do not know,” the BBC said said as what have been termed “limited operations” by Israeli ground forces commenced. “We are beefing up the pressure on Hamas,” Mark Regev of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office told Fox’s Martha Bowes MacCallum  in an interview from Jerusalem just after noon West Coast time. “I can’t be more specific of course at this stage, but Hamas is feeling now Israel’s might.” Appearing minutes later on MSNBC, Regev referred to today’s operation as “payback” for Hamas’ shocking and murderous offensive into Israel almost three weeks ago.

From the White House, the National Security Council’s John Kirby said the Biden administration was not going to “get into the habit of chiming in from the sidelines.” In another sign of the administration’s strong support for the Jewish state, Kirby added, “the US will not draw Red Lines for Israel.” Jordanian’s Foreign Minister Friday