🇵🇸🇮🇱 - Moments ago the Israeli Defense Force released a statement saying "over the past day, the IDF launched extensive attacks ... as part of the opening moves of Operation Gideon's Chariots."
Yair Altman, Channel 14's military journalist, claimed the operation had not yet begun, and the IDF actions over the past 72 hours were shaping operations.
IDF's official outlet Galei Tzahal's military journalist Doron Kadosh has now clarified the IDF's earlier statements.
"The IDF's maneuvering divisions are still not attacking the Strip and advancing forward, they are still not breaking forward and not maneuvering deep into the Strip.
The seizure of the controlled areas [over the past 2-3 days] now allows the IDF a better jumping-off point for the continuation, when the order is given to the maneuvering forces to break forward," - Doron Kadosh, clarifies Gideon's Chariots has not yet begun.