US EditionPodcast: Israel's Gaza Plan 'Distracting' From Famine
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 8 – The Israeli military plans to disarm Hamas and free hostages in Gaza City amid ongoing conflict that has killed over 61,000 people in Gaza, officials said.
- On August 8, 2025, Israel's Security Cabinet approved plans for the Israeli military to take control of Gaza City, aiming to disarm Hamas and free hostages.
- Over 22 months of strikes, Gaza City has endured intense Israeli military operations since the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, leaving more than 61,000 people dead.
- `We're collapsing across every aspect of life`, Dr Hatem Qanoua said, warning of suffering for years, as Mustafa criticized the evacuation as a game.
- UN human rights chief Volker Türk condemned the plan, saying it would 'result in more massive forced displacement, more killing, more unbearable suffering, senseless destruction and atrocity crimes,' while Sabrine Mahmoud refused to leave her home.
- Assuming the plan proceeds, the Gaza City population may face forced relocation within two months, risking increased humanitarian outrage and diplomatic challenges for Israel.
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Netanyahu and Taking Over Gaza
To say that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had lost the plot is to assume he ever had one. With a dearth of ideas as to how to come up with a “final solution” to the Palestinian problem, he has received a majority approval from his cabinet colleagues to take over Gaza City. It took a late-night meeting with the security cabinet lasting some ten hours. A statement released on the morning of August 8 from his office mentioned a five-…
Israel formally adopts plan to occupy all of Gaza
Israel's national security cabinet approved a plan Friday to take over Gaza City, effectively occupying the entirety of Gaza in preparation for its annexation by Israel and the “establishment of an alternative civil administration.”
Germany halts weapons exports to Israel as outrage grows over Gaza City plan
Israel’s security cabinet yesterday approved a plan to take control of Gaza City – a move that expands military operations in the shattered Palestinian territory and which drew fresh criticism over the country’s pursuit of the almost two-year-old war.
When and how will the Israeli army launch its operations decided by the government of the Hebrew state, which claims to want to take over military control of the Gaza Strip? Against the background of condemnations and concerns around the world, there are also concerns in Israel, especially since the reluctance expressed by Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir is well known.
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