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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Egyptian official: Israel telling us it’s readying for months-long ground campaign
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Israel is readying for a months-long ground campaign in Gaza, an Egyptian official tells The Times of Israel, saying that this message has been passed along from Jerusalem to Cairo.
The Egyptian official says Israel has thus far dismissed Cairo’s efforts to mediate any sort of de-escalation, indicating that it wants to deal a knock-out blow to Hamas before entertaining the idea of a ceasefire.
