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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/04/03/idf-paves-way-for-major-ground-operation/
IDF Paves Way for Major Ground Operation in Gaza
(Israel Hayom) Meir Ben Shabbat - The expansion of IDF ground operations in southern Gaza, which includes evacuating the population to the humanitarian zone in al-Mawasi and capturing the Morag Corridor that separates Khan Yunis from Rafah, is designed to increase pressure on the Hamas leadership to accept Israel's demands regarding the hostages. Simultaneously, it will support a major ground operation if negotiations fail. Together with expanded operations in the Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun sectors in northern Gaza, intensified targeted airstrikes throughout Gaza, and the blockade that is beginning to affect the public in Gaza, these actions are intended to push Hamas to release a larger number of living hostages without an Israeli commitment to end the war. The writer, head of the Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy, is a former Israeli national security advisor and head of the National Security Council who served for 30 years in the Israel Security Agency.