IDF prepares ground troops for possible action in Gaza Strip

Israel prepared infantry troops along the Gaza border early Thursday for a possible ground invasion as the military launched additional airstrikes against Hamas targets – while the terror group renewed rocket fire into the central part of the country.

“We have started to prepare infantry and armored units for ground operations,” Lt. Col. Jonathan Cornicus told The Post in a phone interview from Petah Tikvah, a few miles east of Tel Aviv, where a Hamas rocket struck an apartment building, slightly injuring five people. The Israel Defense Forces has deployed members of the Paratroopers, Golani Infantry and 7th Armored brigades to the border in preparation for a possible incursion.