Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir spoke on Tuesday to reservists reporting for duty as part of a massive mobilization in the next phase of the war against Hamas centered on an invasion of Gaza City.

“We are preparing for the continuation of the war,” Zamir said during a visit to the Nachshonim base south of Rosh HaAyin in central Israel. “We are going to increase and enhance the strikes of our operation, and that is why we called you.”

“We have already begun the ground operation in Gaza,” he told the reservists. “Make no mistake, we are already entering places we have never entered before and operating there with courage, strength, valor and an extraordinary spirit.”

Brig. Gen. Yoav Brunner, commander of the 99th Division, and the commander of the 11th Brigade joi

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