As relentless Israeli airstrikes continue to devastate the Gaza Strip, Israel has announced that it has regained control of the border areas from the Palestinian group Hamas. Fears of a regional conflagration are escalating, with an anticipated Israeli ground incursion into Gaza, the densely populated and impoverished enclave from which Hamas initiated its multi-pronged attack on Israel. The Gaza health ministry has reported over 950 casualties and 5,000 injuries in the crowded coastal enclave since...