Israel has confirmed it has soldiers and commanders operating in Gaza as its military chief warned the war against Hamas has 'entered a new stage'.
Israel has confirmed it has soldiers and commanders operating in Gaza as its military chief warned the war against Hamas has "entered a new stage". A four-minute video from the Israel Defences Forces' chief of general staff Herzi Halevi, in which he confirmed Israeli troops were operating on the ground in the Gaza Strip.
But as some Labour politicians, including Mr Khan, have said that fighting should stop, Mr Cleverly said: "We have consistently sought to bring about pauses to facilitate the inward passage of humanitarian aid that we are providing and the release of hostages and the evacuation of British nationals in Gaza, so that has been our position from the start. "Of course we want to see this resolved, we want to see Israel safe, peaceful and secure.
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