Mourners struggle to come to terms with scale of loss and vast ground operation to come
- Israel and Hamas at war – live updates
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke of “a long and difficult” conflict as he announced the second stage of the war against Hamas on Saturday evening.
For the mourners attending the funeral of Lili and Ram Itamari in a kibbutz close to the Gaza Strip, however, the war has already dragged painfully on for three long weeks.
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