Israel's security cabinet has approved the control of the northern Gaza City in another escalation to the war. Shortly before officials convened, Netanyahu had noted that Israel planned to take over the entirety of the enclave and eventually hand it off to "friendly Arab forces" instead of Hamas.

Author: Gavin Blackburn
Published on: 08/08/2025 | 00:00:00

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Israel’s security cabinet approves plans to take over Gaza City in the north of the enclave. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the plans after senior security cabinet officials convened for hours late on Thursday and into the early hours of Friday. The decision marks another significant escalation in Israeli’s 22-month long military offensive on the Strip accoridng to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. Hamas slams Netanyahu’s remarks about full military control of Gaza. Netanyahu insists that the full takeover of Gaza is necessary to eliminate the Gaza Strip. He says that the IDF is “now approaching the final stages” of the war. Israel’s Channel 12 had reported that US President Donald Trump did not oppose Netanyahu. Israelis staged protests in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, fearing any military escalation in Gaza would doom loved ones. Israelis say Netanyahu is prolonging the war to satisfy extremists in his government. Human Rights Watch calls on governments to suspend arms transfers to Israel.

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  • LovstuhagenEnglish
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    28 days ago

    It’s odd because they have released statements which have talked about potentially removing all the people from Gaza via a single humanitrian camp at Rafah, but then Bibi the Butcher tries to talk about how it is going to be completely different:

    Earlier on Thursday, Netanyahu denied Israel had any intentions of permanently controlling Gaza.

    “We don’t want to keep it. We want to have a security perimeter,” he told Fox News before the security cabinet session.

    “We don’t want to govern it. We don’t want to be there as a governing body.”

    He said that Israel intended to hand over the Strip to a coalition of Arab forces that would govern it.

    Netanyahu insisted that the full takeover of Gaza is necessary to eliminate Hamas.

    In a statement, Hamas slammed Netanyahu’s remarks about full military control of Gaza, calling it “a coup” as faltering ceasefire negotiations continue.

    They leave a lot of wiggle room to make it sound like it’s not the end for them.