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Netanyahu orders Israeli army to prepare for ground campaign in Gaza Strip

The leadership of the armed forces asked the country’s prime minister to grant permission for additional call-out, a source says
 Israeli soldiers on patrol (archive) EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN
Israeli soldiers on patrol (archive)
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TEL AVIV, July 8. /ITAR-TASS/. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered on Tuesday the country’s Armed Forces to prepare for a ground campaign in the Gaza Strip.

The prime minister has held consultations with the leadership of security agencies of Israel in the Defense Ministry’s headquarters in Tel Aviv. According to media reports, the consultations involved Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Benny Gantz, Israel Security Agency Chief Yoram Cohen etc.