A Press Corps Deceived, and the Gaza Invasion That Wasnât
A spokesman led the international media to believe that Israeli forces had entered Gaza. They hadnât. But the army wanted Hamas to think they had.
Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the border with Gaza on Friday.Credit...Dan Balilty for The New York Times
May 14, 2021Updated 7:36 p.m. ET
The Israeli military abruptly announced after midnight on Friday that its ground forces had begun âattacking in the Gaza Strip,â saying it on Twitter, in text messages to journalists, and in on-the-record confirmations by an English-speaking army spokesman.