Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to announce plans to
fully occupy the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu’s decision will see the Israeli military expand its operations
across the entire enclave, including areas where Hamas’s captives are
being held.
Meanwhile the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the
reported plans and called on the international community to intervene
urgently to prevent their implementation, whether they are a form of
pressure, trial balloons to gauge international reactions, or genuinely
serious.
The reports come as Netanyahu is set to convene his war cabinet today to
discuss the next steps for Israel’s military in Gaza as its war in the
besieged enclave nears the two-year mark.
Netanyahu is facing growing international pressure to allow more
humanitarian aid into Gaza and halt the war amid mounting Palestinian
deaths due to malnutrition and Israeli attacks.
