Israel is preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza. Here's why it hasn't happened yet.

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A picture taken from the southern Israeli city of Sderot on October 26, 2023 shows flares fired by the Israeli army over the northern Gaza Strip.

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Video shows Israeli armored vehicles clearing paths into Gaza ahead of a likely ground invasion

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Israeli armored vehicles clearing paths into Northern Gaza in an overnight raid seen in a video shared by the Israeli Defense Forces on October 26, 2023.

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Billionaire who gave $25m+ to Columbia says students are stupid for not supporting Israel, threatens to stop donating

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Supporters of both Israel and Palestine engage with each other at Columbia University on October 12, 2023 in New York City.
Supporters of both Israel and Palestine engage with each other at Columbia University on October 12, 2023, in New York City.

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UC Berkeley academic offered her students extra credit for going to pro-Palestinian protests and lobbying Congress about Gaza

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A student protest about the war in Israel/Gaza takes place at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate
A student protest about the war in Israel/Gaza takes place at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

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Israeli commander says her unit of mostly women killed 100 Hamas militants

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Israeli female soldiers patrol along the Israeli-Egyptian border near Nitzana in the western Negev desert, on August 17, 2021. The women in this story are not pictured.

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Google Maps and Waze suspend live traffic updates in Israel and Gaza in effort that could help prevent live-tracking troop movements

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Google has disabled live traffic updates in Israel and Gaza amid the conflict.

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Photos show Gaza's Church of Saint Porphyrius, one of the oldest churches in the world, after the complex was damaged by Israeli airstrikes

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Orthodox Christmas mass at the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza
Young altar servers take part in the Orthodox Christmas mass at the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City on January 7, 2023.

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Read the new letter from Mitt Romney and billionaire Seth Klarman slamming Harvard's 'silence' over 'antisemitism on campus' as 'astounding'

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A group of Harvard alumni, including Senator Mitt Romney, have criticized the school leadership's response to purported antisemitism on campus: "Your silence as the situation intensifies is both astounding and frightening."

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An 85-year-old Israeli hostage freed by Hamas says she was held in a 'spider's web' of tunnels and beaten with sticks

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Yocheved Lifshitz (C) speaks to the media alongside her daughter Sharone Lifschitz (L) at Ichilov Hospital after she was released by Hamas on October 24, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Israelis are lining up to buy guns in 'unprecedented' numbers with one shop staying open on the Jewish Sabbath due to demand: report

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A worker at the Caliber 3 shooting range teaches a civilian on October 15, 2023 in Efrat, Israel.
A worker at the Caliber 3 shooting range teaches a civilian on October 15, 2023 in Efrat, Israel. The gun range, like gun shops in Israel, has seen a spike in interest since Hamas' attacks.

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