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10.11 GMT
Third stage of war to take 'at least six months'
- official
Since
Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel, in which the militant group killed 1,140
people and seized up to another 250 as hostages, Israeli officials have said
they planned to wage the war in three stages.
The first
was intense shelling to clear access routes for ground forces and encourage
civilians to evacuate; the second was the invasion that began on 27 October.
The
official, who spoke earlier, told Reuters that the military was now pivoting to
the third stage as Israeli tanks and soldiers have now overrun much of the Gaza
Strip.
“This will
take six months at least, and involve intense mopping-up missions against the
terrorists. No one is talking about doves of peace being flown from Shajaia,”
the official said, referring to a Gaza district devastated by fighting.
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