Ground Invasion in a sentence

American officials say they hope the ground invasion will be delayed, but they are wary of playing into the narrative that Iran and its allies have long spread about the United States’ secretly controlling Israel.

And tonight, the US government asked Israel to delay its ground invasion of Gaza in a bid to free more hostages that were captured by Hamas, according to sources.

Biden also that he has not directly sought assurances from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel will hold off on an expected ground invasion into Gaza before hostages can be released.

But abroad, the focus has also been on Israel's relentless bombing campaign and ground invasion in Gaza, which has killed over 11,100 people, most of them civilians, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.

But Israel’s counterattack on Gaza, its threats to mount a ground invasion and America’s tight embrace of its most important Mideast ally, regardless, have prompted cries of hypocrisy.

Daniel Hagari said in a televised news briefing Friday evening, raising the question of whether a long-anticipated ground invasion of Gaza may be beginning.

Defence Minister Yoav Gallant also toured the front line, telling some of the tens of thousands of troops awaiting the ground invasion that new orders would come soon.

IDF spokesperson Peter Lerner the expanded operations are not the ground invasion in an interview with ABC News late Friday afternoon eastern time.

In response, Israel launched an aerial campaign and subsequent ground invasion, vowing to eliminate Hamas from the Gaza Strip and end their 16-year rule.

In the dense warrens of Gaza, Hamas is believed to hold at least 199 people hostage, guarded by gunmen and booby traps, likely scattered and hidden from any would-be rescuers as Israel readies a ground invasion.

Israel has been relentlessly bombing Gaza since October 7 and launched a ground invasion of the north on October 27, but a US official recently that the campaign has not come close to destroying Hamas.

Israel has massed tens of thousands of troops around Gaza for a widely predicted ground invasion.

Israeli forces have confirmed they have expanded their operations inside the Gaza Strip, an indication its long-anticipated ground invasion could be underway.

Israel maintained punishing air strikes across the territory as a ground invasion loomed, while Hamas militants kept up a barrage of rocket attacks and tensions mounted near the Israel-Lebanon border.

Israel's bombardment and ground invasion in Gaza have killed more than 13,300 Palestinians, roughly two-thirds of them women and minors, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza, which does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.

It is about to fall even deeper in the current war against Hamas, where a ground invasion of Gaza — with no clear or achievable objectives, and a high probability of disaster — now appears to be underway.

It may be noted that since the ground invasion on October 27,the IDF has been making steady progress in the Gaza strip.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised a ground invasion of Gaza to end the power of Hamas once and for all.

The governments recognize that a ground invasion is very likely and are not telling Israel not to launch one at all, rather hold off to try and see if additional diplomatic efforts can succeed, says the senior diplomatic official.

The Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7, when Hamas — the Palestinian militant group governing the Gaza Strip — launched a violent assault on nearby Israeli towns, which was followed by an ongoing ground invasion of Gaza by the Israeli military.