Open this photo in gallery: Israeli soldiers walk in Kibbutz Be’eri, close to the border with Gaza Strip, on Oct. 11.GORAN TOMASEVIC/The Globe and Mail Israel’s government, bolstered by the creation of an emergency cabinet with opposition membership, is pushing ahead with military preparations for a possible ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. The new decision-making body, described by the government as a “war management cabinet,” includes Benny Gantz, a former defence minister who now leads an Israeli centrist opposition party. He agreed on Wednesday to join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in supervising Israel’s response to the weekend’s devastating attacks...