
 The senior Likud minister Limor Livnot said Monday that the decision about an  IDF incursion into the Gaza Strip would not take long – no more than 24  hours. Earlier, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz Monday briefed commanders of  the units poised at jumping-off points for orders to enter the Gaza Strip after  he me the thousands of reservist troops gathered there Sunday. Speaking to  reporters Monday, a source close to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that  if diplomacy fails to achieve an agreed ceasefire, Israel will have no option  but to send troops into the Gaza Strip.