MOSCOW, October 28. /TASS/. While Israel is indeed hitting the Gaza Strip "from the air, sea and ground," that has not been a large-scale offensive yet, Israeli Ambassador to Russia Alexander Ben Zvi told TASS.

"Our military calls it a narrow-scale military operation. So, I will repeat their words. A military operation from the air, sea and ground is being conducted indeed, but then again, as our military says, that hasn’t been a large-scale offensive yet," the Israeli diplomat said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) entered northern Gaza last night, IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari told a news briefing as he announced an expansion of Israeli ground operations earlier.