Israel Builds Up Forces Near Gaza for Next Phase of Conflict
- ‘There will be more loss of life,’ says military spokesman
- Many Israelis and Palestinians expect ground assault on Gaza
Israeli soldiers patrol a road near the border fence with Gaza on Oct. 10.
Photographer: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
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The Israeli military is building a base next to the Gaza Strip to accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers, as it prepares for the next phases of its response to Hamas’s attack on Saturday.
“Israel is going to respond very severely and aggressively and there will be more loss of life,” Richard Hecht, a spokesman for the Israeli military and lieutenant-colonel, told journalists in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. “We should all change the paradigm here. This is not tit for tat.”