Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said in a televised news conference on Saturday evening that Israeli forces had entered the Gaza Strip on Friday, beginning “the second stage of the war,” the New York Times reports.
He called the campaign “our second war of independence” and warned Israelis to expect a “long and difficult” campaign.
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