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In address to the nation, Netanyahu says that the fight against Hamas is "a second War of Independence" and is a fight "for the entire human race against the barbarians."

Barrages come as Israel intensifies its ground incursion in the Gaza Strip, ahead of a likely full-fledged invasion in response to the October 7 attack on the south by the terrorists in Hamas.

“Every paradigm is good for its own time. A good strategist asks every day whether his strategy is still valid and Netanyahu didn’t do that," a former general says.