Our brave troops and combatants are now in Gaza or around Gaza, he said.
He said that Israeli Defense Forces were taking steps to venture to protect civilians.
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Netanyahu said that the Israeli troops are deployed all over the Gaza strip.
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He said that they decided to expand operations in Gaza in a very educated manner.
Per the BBC, Netanyahu said that we will fight and we will not surrender.
We will not withdraw.
He said that Israel could be creating a buffer zone in advance of troops moving in to Gaza.
Networks also continued to schedule special programming, with Hallie Jackson anchoringThe Breakdown: Israel-Hamas Waron NBC News Now.
I cant be more specific of course at this stage, but Hamas is feeling now Israels might.
Earlier this morning, Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson Brig.
General Daniel Hagari bluntly said in a press conference: The ground forces are expanding their operations tonight.
Brig General Hagari went on to say, that talks on the hostages are ongoing.
This is an extended ground raid, he also said of the troop moves.
While nothing official, events were moving very fast.
Cell service and online communications have gone down in Gaza, reports say.
Foxs Yingst noted that only those in Gaza City with foreign SIM cards can call out right now.
They are not commenting whether there has been officially any upscaling of their operations targeting Hamas.
