Morning Update: Israel masses troops on Gaza border as it exchanges fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon

News Snapshot:

Good morning, As Israeli warplanes hammered Gaza yesterday, the country’s military said it had finally secured the entire border with the Palestinian territory and continued to gather troops in preparation of an expected ground invasion. Israeli strikes reduced entire buildings to rubble throughout the fourth day of an all-out war that began on Saturday when Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls Gaza, launched a surprise attack that killed more than 1,000 Israelis. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has declared that the country is implementing a “full siege” of Gaza, which is home to 2.3 million Palestinians. The threat of...