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Israeli moves have pummeled Gaza. Now a land invasion is drawing close.
After the deadliest assault in Israel’s 75-year historical past, which claimed greater than 1,200 lives, Israeli officers have vowed to cripple Hamas — the Islamist militant staff that controls the Gaza Strip