US EditionNetanyahu Wants Full Control
GAZA STRIP, AUG 7 – Netanyahu aims to occupy Gaza Strip to defeat Hamas and free hostages despite Israeli military concerns about risks to hostages and humanitarian impact, with about 20 hostages believed alive.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet to discuss expanding the Gaza occupation plan amid opposition from IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir.
- In an interview, former IDF General Yiftah Ron-Tal explained that only a full occupation of the Gaza Strip can decisively defeat Hamas, which could take a few months, not years.
- At present, Israel controls roughly 75 percent of Gaza, but IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned that occupying the remaining 25 would endanger hostages.
- The occupation plan would require a significant surge in humanitarian aid to support about a million Palestinians displaced from their homes.
- Hamas demands the war end with a total withdrawal to the October 6th lines under international guarantees from the US and the UN Security Council, showing no sign of compromise.
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