TEL AVIV—The Israeli military on Thursday carried out its biggest raid into the Gaza Strip since Hamas militants’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, in what it said was an effort to prepare the ground for an eventual invasion of the enclave. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under growing domestic pressure to launch a large-scale ground assault against Hamas in Gaza. On Wednesday, U.S. officials and people familiar with the Israeli planning said Israel had agreed, for now, to a request from the U.S. to delay its ground invasion of Gaza so the Pentagon can place air defenses in the region to protect American troops.
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