Israel has not launched ground assault on Gaza

The Israel Defence Forces confirmed this morning that ground troops have not entered Gaza, after a night of confusion prompted by a statement on its Twitter account.

This morning the IDF spokesman issued a "clarification", saying "there are currently no ground troops inside the Gaza Strip. IDF air and ground forces are carrying out strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip."

Last night, the IDF said that "air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip." This morning it emerged that those attacks are taking place from within Israel. It is  believed that the earlier statement may have been deliberately designed to be ambiguous, to confuse the terrorists.