As their soldiers fight hand to hand in Gaza, Israelis wonder about the endgame
by Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6G45R)
Casualties in Gaza are growing, and so is Israel's concern about the war's direction
In the dark and the cloying heat of a Gaza night, the troops of the 13th Battalion of Israel's Golani Brigade were attempting to advance in northern Gaza amid the flashes of air and artillery strikes across the Gaza Strip.
The ambush, when it happened, caught them by surprise - 30 fighters from an elite Hamas unit emerging from hidden tunnel entrances.
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