FirstFT: Netanyahu signals ground invasion

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Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said Israel was “preparing a ground invasion” of the Gaza Strip, in one of the clearest statements yet that his government was planning to enter the Palestinian enclave in its war to topple Hamas.

In an address to the nation yesterday evening, the Israeli leader vowed to fight the militant group “above…