After 10 hours of deliberations, a majority of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet backed his proposal to prepare to conquer the core of Gaza City, according to a pre-dawn statement from his office. […] The risky plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not backed by the Israeli military’s chief of staff and will thrust the war with Hamas into uncharted territory.
I don’t think they will take it fast. Many military and intelligence people in Israel have warned against it. The fighters in Gaza have been preparing many years for a new ground invasion. Throughout the past 2 years Israel often claimed to have conquered an area, only for the army to keep being hit in guerilla operations in those “conquered” areas.