US EditionIsrael's security cabinet approves plan to take control of Gaza City
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, AUG 8 – The plan aims to disarm Hamas, return hostages, and establish Israeli security control while distributing aid outside combat zones, after 61,000 Palestinians have died, Gaza health officials say.
- Israel's Security Cabinet approved early Friday a plan to take control of Gaza City, escalating its 22-month offensive launched after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack.
- The plan aims to remove Hamas and eventually hand Gaza City over to friendly Arab forces who will govern without threatening Israel.
- Gaza City, once home to hundreds of thousands before evacuation orders, remains one of the few areas not under Israeli buffer zones or evacuation, but is devastated by repeated bombardments and raids.
- Medical charity Doctors Without Borders denounced chaos and violence at Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food sites as 'orchestrated killing' and a 'deliberately designed death trap,' while the Foundation denied the accusations as false and disgraceful.
- Former Israeli security officials and families of hostages warn that expanding military operations could endanger about 20 hostages, risk countless civilian lives, displace tens of thousands, and further isolate Israel internationally.
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UN says Israel's planned Gaza City military offensive 'must be immediately halted'
People are seen in smoke after Israel targeted the area near Abbas Junction in western Gaza City, Gaza on August 08, 2025/Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — On the heels of Israel’s security cabinet approving plans to occupy Gaza City, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said “this further escalation will result in more killing, more unbearable suffering, senseless destruction,” according to a state…
Belgium Stands Firm Against Israeli Plans for Gaza
Belgium Stands Firm Against Israeli Plans for Gaza Belgium's foreign minister has taken a firm stance against Israel's proposed plan to occupy Gaza City and take military control of the Gaza Strip, taking diplomatic action by summoning the Israeli ambassador on Friday.The Belgian Foreign Ministry expressed its complete disapproval of Israel's decision, citing ongoing concerns about continued colonization and the potential annexation of the West …
Hamas considers the Israeli plan to occupy Gaza City a “war crime” The UN denounces that the Israeli takeover of the town “will cause more mass displacement, death and suffering” The families of the hostages: “The government is leading us to a catastrophe for the kidnapped and the soldiers”
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