Shashank Joshi, defense editor at The Economist, says the offensive Israel launched in Gaza over the past few days is unfolding very differently than many expected. Joshi tells The World’s Carolyn Beeler that Israel seems to have begun an incremental, gradual invasion that is likely to be sustained — and catastrophic — for the civilians who remained in northern Gaza.
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