It's very hard to work out what is exactly happening on the ground in Gaza because the Israelis are managing communications very, very carefully.
At one point this morning it seemed like the Israelis had briefly cut off one of the two north-south roads in Gaza. A video showed a car approaching an Israeli tank on the road, then hurriedly turning around while the tank opens fire and an explosion follows.
Why are the Israelis doing this? It may be because they might be trying to surround Gaza City, which the military sees as the key nest of Hamas.
I think if they try to do that, then the military will have to engage in house-to-house fighting.
That said, I'm not entirely sure the Israeli military have enough forces to completely seal up a place as big and complex as Gaza City. Hamas is highly embedded in the city, including with a network of tunnels, and one would think they’ve been preparing and thinking about what Israel might do. So this is going to be a big challenge for the Israelis.
Source: BBC
