U.S. fears further escalation in Israel-Hamas violence

The major concern of the United States in the current Israeli-Hamas conflict is a potential Israeli ground incursion into Gaza, U.S. officials said Friday. That would be a disastrous escalation that could trigger a larger conflict, a senior U.S. official told CNN. "Escalation is what we are concerned about.

We don't want it to escalate to the point where Israel feels it has to take additional