Israel expands ground campaign in Gaza, as fears of widening regional war rise

Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip on Monday, closing in on the besieged Palestinian territory’s main city as their retaliatory ground offensive against Hamas rumbled violently through a fourth consecutive day. Fears of a widening regional conflict continue to grow, with Israeli forces also carrying out airstrikes against military infrastructure in Syria Monday after rockets from there fell in open Israeli territory. There were also fresh flare-ups between Israeli troops and Hezbollah operatives on the border with Lebanon. But the brunt of the war is in...