US EditionIsrael: Opposition Criticises Cabinet Approval of Gaza City Takeover - The Statesman
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 8 – Opposition leaders warn Netanyahu's Gaza City occupation plan risks lives, costs tens of billions, and may prolong conflict amid concerns over hostage safety and military exhaustion.
- Israel's security cabinet approved Prime Minister Netanyahu's plan for the IDF to take over Gaza City amid escalating conflict and displacement concerns.
- The decision followed pressure from far-right ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich, despite opposition and warnings from military and security officials.
- Residents face forced displacement from Gaza City, with many expressing defiance and refusal to leave despite deteriorating humanitarian conditions and ongoing attacks.
- Opposition leaders called the takeover a generational disaster that risks hostages' lives, soldiers' deaths, and a costly political fallout for Israel.
- The UN Security Council plans an emergency session Saturday to address Israel's escalation, as military attacks have caused at least 36 civilian deaths since dawn.
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The Israeli Security Cabinet on Friday morning approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to expand fighting in Gaza. Now, the Israeli premier set October 7 (the second anniversary of the Hamas attack from Gaza that opened the war) as a deadline for civilians to leave Gaza City before Israeli takeover, Israeli media reported Ynet News.
Israel's opposition leader Lapid has called the capture of the city of Gaza decided by the security cabinet a disaster. It will lead to much more suffering, he said. Prime Minister Netanyahu, despite many objections from the army leadership, has been driven by his far-right coalition partners.
That the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announces that his Security Cabinet has approved his plan for the occupation of Gaza City is not what it seems. The occupation of the entire Gaza Strip has been taking place as the genocide progressed in the last 22 months. And Gaza City has become a ghetto within the ghetto. What is meant, then, is not to occupy, but to clean. Continue reading
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